Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

Quote by Woodrow T Wilson

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I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half...

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half...

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

In the last analysis, my fellow country men, as we in America would be the...

In the last analysis, my fellow country men, as we in America would be the...

The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.

The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.

Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of...

Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of...

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

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...

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...

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized...

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized...

We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be...

We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be...

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the...

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the...

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him

No thoughtful man ever came to the end of his life, and had time and...

No thoughtful man ever came to the end of his life, and had time and...

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search...

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search...

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come...

You can judge your age by the amount of pain you feel when you come...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

Admiration of the proletariat, like that of dams, power stations, and aeroplanes, is part of...

If you can't convince them, confuse them.

If you can't convince them, confuse them.