Woodrow Wilson Quotes - Page 6

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• To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Conquer The World, Arms, Earning

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.288, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Faith, Spiritual, Men

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• To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Thinking, Yesterday, Today

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.136, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our own ungoverned, undirected energies and do many things, but nothing long. It is our duty to find ourselves.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Confused, Thoughtful, Voice

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1974). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• [We are] no longer a government by free opinion, no longer a government by conviction and the vote of the majority, but a government by the opinion and the duress of small groups of dominant men.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Men, Nwo, Free Opinion

  Woodrow Wilson (2012). “The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People”, p.136, tredition

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• The beauty of a democracy is that you never can tell when a youngster is born what he is going to do with himself, and that no matter how humbly he is born, no matter where he is born, no matter what circumstances hamper him at the outset, he has got a chance to master the minds and lead the imaginations of the whole country.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Country, Imagination, Mind

  Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1966). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends, how they can enlighten mankind, how they can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which they live.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Christian, Brother, Thinking

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• Liberty does not consist in mere declarations of the rights of man. It consists in the translation of those declarations into definite action.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Men, Rights, President

  Woodrow Wilson (2012). “President Wilson's Addresses”, p.108, tredition

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• The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

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  Strength, Perseverance, Adversity

  Woodrow Wilson (2012). “The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People”, p.60, tredition

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• The world can be at peace only if the world is stable, and there can be no stability where the will is in rebellion, where there is not tranquility of spirit and a sense of justice, of freedom, and of right.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Peace, Justice, World

  Woodrow Wilson, Mario R. DiNunzio (2006). “Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-president”, p.395, NYU Press

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• The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Government, United States, Masters

  Woodrow Wilson (2016). “The New Freedom: [Illustrated & Biography Added]”, p.42, eKitap Projesi

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• Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Inspirational, Teamwork, Power

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1978). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• Neutrality is a negative word. It is a word that does not express what America ought to feel. America has a heart, and that heart throbs with all sorts of intense sympathies... We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations upon which peace can be rebuilt.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Peace, Negative Words, America

  "Woodrow Wilson: Selections for Today".

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• America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom - is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Passion, Greatness, Men

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1977). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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• I am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Bible, Sorry, Men

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1977). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson: 1911-1912”

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• No man has ever risen to the stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Spiritual, Men, Giving

  Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1981). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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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.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Adversity, Men, Bravery

  Woodrow Wilson, Ray Stannard Baker, Howard Seavoy Leach (1927). “The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: The new democracy; presidential messages, addresses, and other papers (1913-1917)”

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• The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Money, Way, Financial

  "Stop The "Joy Riding" By Arresting Chauffeur And Not The Automobile". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. January 14, 1914.

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• ...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their might when a cause which America holds dear is at stake. The whole nation has reason to be proud of them.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Marine, America, World

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• Every people has a right to choose the sovereignty under which they shall live.

  Woodrow Wilson

  People, Presidential, Sovereignty

  Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.124, The Minerva Group, Inc.

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• The seed of revolution is repression.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Revolution, Revolutionary, Seeds

  Woodrow Wilson, Ray Stannard Baker, Howard Seavoy Leach (1927). “The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: The new democracy; presidential messages, addresses, and other papers (1913-1917)”

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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.

  Woodrow Wilson

  4th Of July, Men, America

  Woodrow Wilson, Ray Stannard Baker, Howard Seavoy Leach (1925). “The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)”

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• There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Men, Giving, Purpose

  Woodrow Wilson (1945). “Woodrow Wilson: Selections for Today”

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• When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Children, Parenting, Light

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• 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.

  Woodrow Wilson

  Cancer, Patriotic, Thinking

  Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1975). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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