Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril. Woodrow Wilson More Quotes by Woodrow Wilson More Quotes From Woodrow Wilson When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty. Woodrow Wilson biblehappinesslove We are not put into this world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act. Woodrow Wilson this-worldstillsworld 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-julymenamerica Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty. Woodrow Wilson great-menhabitcharacter Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God. Woodrow Wilson trust-in-godperfectwork The masters of the government of the United States are the combined capitalists and manufacturers of the United States. Woodrow Wilson united-statesgovernmentmasters Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow. Woodrow Wilson savingprocrastinationtoday The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile. Woodrow Wilson financialmoneyway The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. Woodrow Wilson perseveranceadversitystrength You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape. Woodrow Wilson noonexperiencetwilight Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt. Woodrow Wilson grandmotherpoliticaldoubt There's not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else's brains. Woodrow Wilson brainideasknowledge War is only a sort of dramatic representation, a sort of dramatic symbol of a thousand forms of duty. I fancy that it is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you. Woodrow Wilson shootingmenwar May it not suffice for me to say ... that of course like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised. Woodrow Wilson presidentialmenbelieve Let it be your pride to show all men everywhere not only what good soldiers you are, but also what good men you are. Woodrow Wilson pridemilitarymen We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man. Woodrow Wilson passionrightsmen It must be a peace without victory... Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the vanquished. It would be accepted in humiliation, under duress, at an intolerable sacrifice, and would leave a sting, a resentment, a bitter memory upon which terms of peace would rest, not permanently, but only as upon quicksand. Only a peace between equals can last. Woodrow Wilson memorieswarmean If you wish your children to be Christians you must really take the trouble to be Christian yourselves. Those are the only terms upon which the home will work the gracious miracle. Woodrow Wilson christianhomechildren Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name. Woodrow Wilson patrioticheartmen One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived. Woodrow Wilson preachingdivinityproof
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