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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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.

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...

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...

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

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...

No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

The seed of revolution is repression.

The seed of revolution is repression.

The world must be made safe for democracy

The world must be made safe for democracy

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...

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...

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill...

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill...

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...

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...

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...

A little group of willful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the...

A little group of willful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the...

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...

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...

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

Democracy is supposed to give you the feeling of choice, like Painkiller X and Painkiller...

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if...

Congress is functioning the way the Founding Fathers intended-not very well. They understood that if...

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.

Democracy is the government of the people, by the people, for the people.