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" I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose. "

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" My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together. "

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" A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt. "

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" The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them. "

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" There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath. "

" Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness. "

" Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is a thing with which Princeton men must satisfy the country. "

" If you want to make enemies, try to change something. "

" Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. "

" Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles. "

" A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible. "

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" I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty. "

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" Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world. "