Too much law was too much government; and too much government was too little individual privilege,- as too much individual privilege in its turn was selfish license.

Quote by Woodrow T Wilson

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Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is...

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is...

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...

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.

Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered,...

Wilson was once asked how long it took him to write a speech. He answered,...

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...

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him

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...

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers

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...

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...

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.

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...

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...

Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of...

Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of...

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

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...

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was...

You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get...

You don't get something for nothing You can't have freedom for free You won't get...

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...

Men are free when they are in a living homeland, not when they are straying...

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace...

Speeches are for the younger men who are going places. And I'm not going anyplace...