Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself.

Quote by Woodrow T Wilson

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You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.

Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress...

Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress...

America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who...

America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who...

When I am travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during...

When I am travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during...

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...

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?

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a...

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a...

It is easier to change the location of a cemetery, than to change the school...

It is easier to change the location of a cemetery, than to change the school...

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that...

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that...

Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all...

Genius is divine perseverance. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all...

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

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

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

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

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...

I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world...

I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world...

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers

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.

Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken

Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken

Now that he has changed the weather, Lion and lamb can vote together. God bless...

Now that he has changed the weather, Lion and lamb can vote together. God bless...

Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.

Politics, in a sense, has always been a con game.

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...

To do evil that good may come of it is for bunglers in politics as...