The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age.

Quote by Woodrow T Wilson

Topics: Age Quotes, Funny Quotes

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...

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...

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find...

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find...

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

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...

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...

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless...

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless...

We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free...

We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free...

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in...

I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in...

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...

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...

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to...

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to...

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it it does...

There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it it does...

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

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...

This we can all bear witness to, living as we do plagued by unremitting anxiety...

This we can all bear witness to, living as we do plagued by unremitting anxiety...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

As peace is the end of war, it is the end, likewise, of preparations for...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...

I have never been able to conceive how any rational being could propose happiness to...