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" He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashions of it. "
Woodrow Wilson
Present
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" I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind. "
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" Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place. "
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" I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world. "
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" America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men. "
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" Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. "
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Power
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" If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it. "
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Men
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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. "
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World
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" If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. "
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Home
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" The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. "
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Ring
People
" The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind. "
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Future
Connected
Question
" A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt. "
Woodrow Wilson
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" I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something. "
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" As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur. "
Woodrow Wilson
Politician
Seems
Like
" There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with. "
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Women
Great
" The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. "
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American
Beginning
Revolution
" Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life. "
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College
Past
" Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness. "
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Caution
Confidential
Selfishness
" The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may. "
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Looking
Men
World
" The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation. "
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Free
Generation
" Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide. "
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Who
Suicide
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" My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness. "
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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. "
Woodrow Wilson
Win
Day
Lose
" There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States. "
Woodrow Wilson
Blessed
I Am
President
" There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. "
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Human
Good
Work
" 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. "
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Country
Must
Please
" At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving. "
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Some
Friend
" When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. "
Woodrow Wilson
Office
Watch
Growing
" If you want to make enemies, try to change something. "
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Make
Enemies
" One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. "
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" A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. "
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