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That is Gladstone, the greatest statesman that ever lived. I intend to be a statesman, too.
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1856
Born: December 28
Died: 1924
Died: February 23
28Th U.S. President
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From the dim morning hours of history when the father was king and priest down to this modern time of history's high noon when nations stand forth full grown and self-governed, the law of coherence and continuity in political development has suffered no serious breach.
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I had rather have everybody on my side than be armed to the teeth.
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The great war that broke so suddenly upon the world two years ago, and which has swept up within its flame so great a part of thecivilized world, has affected us very profoundly.... With its causes and its objects we are not concerned. The obscure fountains from which its stupendous flood has burst we are not interested to search for or explore.
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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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Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.
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The world must be made safe for democracy.
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America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
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And while you bring all countries with you, you come with a purpose of leaving all other countries behind you - bringing what is best of their spirit, but not looking over your shoulders and seeking to perpetuate what you intended to leave behind in them.
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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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I do not want to live under a philanthropy. I do not want to be taken care of by the government.... We do not want a benevolent government. We want a free and a just government.
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One cool judgement is worth a thousand hasty councils.
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We grow by our dreams.
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We are in the presence of a new organization of society. Our life has broken away from the past.
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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.
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Unless justice be done to others it will not be done to us.
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The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.
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The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
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There is here a great melting pot in which we must compound a precious metal. That metal is the metal of nationality.
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Your enlightenment depends on the company you keep. You do not know the world until you know the men who have possessed it and tried its wares before you were ever given your brief run upon it.
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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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