Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

—Woodrow Wilson

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era, when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches. As president, Wilson made significant economic...

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A mind too active is no mind at all.

—Woodrow Wilson

I never dared to be radical when young
For fear it would make me conservative when old.

—Woodrow Wilson

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

—Woodrow Wilson

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

—Woodrow Wilson

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

—Woodrow Wilson

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I think that God in creating Man somewhat overestimated his ability.

—Thomas Paine

A curious part of the human psyche is that the moment that a person presumed to be in danger is discovered to be safe, everyone's anxiety turns into anger.

—Samuel Johnson

Man is the Only Animal that Blushes. Or needs to.

—Samuel Butler

You must not lose faith in humanity. Humanity is an ocean; if a few drops of the ocean are dirty, the ocean does not become dirty.

What mattered was not what happens to you, but how you handle it. Self-command is required to overcome the dangerous misinformation of our emotions, and because for the most part the self is the only thing that we can command. We have no control, ultimately, over what people do or think. What we can influence is our understanding of these circumstances and how we respond to them.

—Joseph Baretti

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