Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

Quote by Woodrow Wilson

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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...

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

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....

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am...

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am...

We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have...

We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have...

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is...

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is...

We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the...

We are not here merely to make a living. We are here to enrich the...

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.

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...

Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.

Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can...

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can...

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend...

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend...

He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashions...

He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashions...

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...

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

The seed of revolution is repression.

The seed of revolution is repression.

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

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

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed...

Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed...

Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization...

Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...

Everybody has accepted by now that change is unavoidable. But that still implies that change...