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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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...

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the...

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the...

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

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

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

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not...

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not...

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

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

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.

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give...

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give...

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring...

All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring...

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...

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect...

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect...

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...

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not...

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not...

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

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

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...

The seed of revolution is repression.

The seed of revolution is repression.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

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.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.