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Woodrow Wilson

Life dates: 1856 AD — 1924 AD

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01c. 1890 AD

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

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02c. 1890 AD

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

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03c. 1890 AD

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.

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04c. 1890 AD

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

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05c. 1890 AD

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.

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06c. 1890 AD

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

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