Woodrow Wilson Quotes About Power
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There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
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The history of liberty is the history of limitations on the power of government, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the concentration of power, we are resisting the processes of death, because concentration of power is what always precedes the destruction of human liberties.
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Power consists in one's capacity to link his will with the purpose of others, to lead by reason and a gift of cooperation.
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As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.
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Every country is renewed out of the unknown ranks and not out of the ranks of those already famous and powerful and in control.
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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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Woodrow Wilson
- Born: December 28, 1856
- Died: February 3, 1924
- Occupation: 28th U.S. President