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“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”

Quote by Woodrow Wilson

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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, known for his foreign policy during World War I and his efforts at the Paris Peace Conference. He advocated for the New Freedom policy and had a deep academic background in history, politics, and economics. more

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Book:Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson

“Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.”

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“America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men.”

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Book:The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)

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“Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.”

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Book:The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: The new democracy; presidential messages, addresses, and other papers (1913-1917)

Source: The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: The new democracy; presidential messages, addresses, and other papers (1913-1917)