(122 quotes found)
“All things come to him who waits -- provided he knows what he is waiting for.”
Woodrow T. Wilson
“You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.”
“Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people”
“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.”
“At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving.”
“There is a power so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive that prudent men better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it”
“When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty.”
“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”
“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”
“America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses”
