"No man can sit down and withhold his……" — Woodrow Wilson
"No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence."
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Woodrow Wilson
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315 Quotes by Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson has 315 quotes on this site.
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We came to America, either ourselves or in the persons of our ancestors, to better the ideals of men, to…
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Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.
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America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all…
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The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even…
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The flag is a flag of liberty of opinion as well as of political liberty.
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A powerful Navy we have always regarded as our proper and natural means of defense; and it has always been…
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To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre…
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We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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It must be a peace without victory...Victory would mean peace forced upon the loser, a victor's terms imposed upon the…
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I have received delegations of working men who come, apparently speaking of the utmost sincerity, have declared that they would…
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A man is not as big as his belief in himself; he is as big as the number of persons…
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We should not only master questions, but also act upon them, and act definitely.
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More Acquiescence Quotes
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Establish the eternal truth that acquiescence under insult is not the way to escape war.
— Thomas Jefferson
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If you're fighting the system, then you're still caught in it. It's not about fighting the system; it's about ceasing…
— David Icke
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Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire. This principle, with that of acquiescence in the will of the majority,…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The dangers of unexamined and unregulated monopoly power, particularly in the state executive, are hardly news. The right reaction is…
— Noam Chomsky
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The best results in the operation of a government wherein every citizen has a share largely depend upon a proper…
— Grover Cleveland
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The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation…
— Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
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Why is acquiescence to the numerous viewed as better servitude than bowing to might?
— William J. Murray
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To say grace, knowing that people on this globe are starving, indicates a highly selfish acquiescence in the arrogantly supposed…
— Barbara Smoker
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He had somehow, with all his modesty, the rare faculty of controlling his superiors as well as his subordinates. He…
— Joshua Chamberlain
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Be the best. No negativity. No weakness. No acquiescence to fear or disaster. No errors of ignorance. No evasion to…
— Jeff Buckley
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Before none of your printed idols do I bend in acquiescence, and he who saith thou shalt to me is…
— Anton Szandor LaVey
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There is a certain indolence in us, a wish not to be disturbed, which tempts us to think that when…
— A J Muste
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