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

Quote by Woodrow Wilson

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The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does...

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does...

When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he...

When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he...

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the...

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the...

In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship...

In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship...

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the...

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the...

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth...

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth...

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed...

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed...

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is...

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is...

So far as the colleges go, the sideshows are swallowing up the circus.

So far as the colleges go, the sideshows are swallowing up the circus.

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

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

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship....

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship....

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people,...

Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people,...

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative...

Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative...

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only...

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only...

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be...

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be...