(122 quotes found)
“Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness, and all the ugly distempers that make an ordered life impossible”
Woodrow T. Wilson
“One of the proofs of the divinity of our gospel is the preaching it has survived”
“I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.”
“If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.”
“We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.”
“America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses.”
“A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.”
“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.”
“If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character will take care of itself. Character is a by-product, and any man who devotes himself to its cultivation in his own case will become a selfish pig.”
“We are citizens of the world. The tragedy of our times is that we do not know this.”
