The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.

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...

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

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...

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We...

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We...

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....

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,...

You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the...

You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the...

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...

Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide.

Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide.

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only...

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only...

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...

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....

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...

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the...

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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

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

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.