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Spirit Quotes by Woodrow Wilson

22 Spirit quotes by Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson’s twenty‑two statements on spirit blend his academic rigor with a political sensibility, probing how personal conviction fuels public service. The collection offers a measured, reflective view of the moral underpinnings of leadership.

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The welfare, the happiness, the energy and spirit of the men and women who do the daily workis the underlying necessity of…

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God knows that any man who would seek the presidency of the United States is a fool for his pains. The burden…

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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…

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It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men…

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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…

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When they the American soldiers came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion… Joining hands with them, the men…

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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…

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It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to…

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The Americans who went to Europe to die are a unique breed… (They) crossed the seas to a foreign land to fight…

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The spirit of [William] Penn will not be stayed. You cannot set limits to such knightly adventurers. After their own day is…

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Once lead this people into war, and they'll forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance. To fight, you must be…

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There is a very holy and a very terrible isolation for the conscience of every man who seeks to read the destiny…

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The soul of me is very selfish. I have gone my way after a fashion that made me the center of the…

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Our civilization cannot survive materially unless it is redeemed spiritually. It can be saved only by becoming permeated with the Spirit of…

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America was born a Christian nation. America was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness, which are derived from…

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If young gentlemen get from their years in college only manliness, esprit de corps, a release of their social gifts, a training…

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And when they [American soldiers] came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion. ... Joining hands with these, the…

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You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply,…

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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…

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To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national…

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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…

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Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the ... heart and spirit of…

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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days;…

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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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One cannot pay the price of self-respect.

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I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.

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I have received delegations of working men who, apparently speaking with the utmost sincerity, have declared that they would regard it as a genuine…

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Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

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America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.

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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…

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The facts of the case will always have the better of [an] argument.

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The greatest embarrassment of my political career has been that active duties seem to deprive me of time for careful investigation. I seem almost…

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Some Americans need hyphens in their names because only part of them has come over.

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The history of liberty is the history of limitations on the power of government, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the…

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When I think of the flag… I see alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of liberty and justice, and stripes…

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If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.

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Energy in a nation is like sap in a tree; it rises from bottom up.

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