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...I do not want a government that will take care of me, I want a government that will make other men take their hands off me so I can take care of myself.
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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Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.
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Whate'er my doom It cannot be unhappy: God hath given me The boon of resignation.
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A right is worth fighting for only when it can be put into operation.
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The natural man inevitably rebels against mathematics, a mild form of torture that could only be learned by painful processes of drill.
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We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end.
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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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...men are not put into this world to go the path of ease, they are put into this world to go the path of pain and struggle.
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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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