127 ordspråk av Woodrow T. Wilson
Woodrow T. Wilson
Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken
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Surely a man has come to himself only when he has found the best that is in him, and has satisfied his heart with the highest achievement he is fit for.
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That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
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The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.
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The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
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The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history. It represents the experiences made by men and women, the experiences of those who do and live under that flag.
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The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.
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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
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The history of liberty is the history of the limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. When we resist the concentration of power we are resisting the powers of death. Concentration of power precedes the destruction of human liberties.
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The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
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The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.
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The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself
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The seed of revolution is repression.
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