The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

Quote by Woodrow Wilson

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The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

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.

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 am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be...

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be...

America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an...

America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an...

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...

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does...

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the...

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the...

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...

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...

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....

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

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