My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness.

Quote by Woodrow Wilson

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Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it....

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it....

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to...

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to...

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...

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,...

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

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 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...

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.

Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is...

Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is...

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

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

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.

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character...

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character...

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely...

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely...

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...

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...

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 I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen...

If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen...

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....

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill...

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill...

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...