"We want the spirit of America to..." - Quote by Woodrow Wilson
We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be efficient; we want American character to display itself in what I may, perhaps, be allowed to call spiritual efficiency - clear disinterested thinking and fearless action
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“Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.”
“We forget that there is much more patriotism in having the audacity to differ from the majority than in running before the crowd; we forget that in the resistance of the minority some of the biggest things in our own history have been accomplished, and the man who looks on the Stars and Stripes and doesn't hold a right to say nay to his neighbor, even if the neighbor is of the larger party, has forgotten the history of his country.”
“The man who disparages music as a luxury and non-essential is doing the nation an injury. Music now, more than ever before, is a national need.”
More on America
“I truly believe that one day we will get there, we will arrive. And if we do it right in America, maybe, just maybe, we can serve as a model for the rest of the world.”
“And, by the way, one of the most delightful things I find in America is meeting a people without prejudice -- everywhere open to the truth.”
“John Kerry believes in an America where hard work is rewarded.”
More on Character
“The best effort of a fine person is felt after we have left their presence.”
“Few people know how to take a walk. The qualifications are endurance, plain clothes, old shoes, an eye for nature, good humor, vast curiosity, good speech, good silence and nothing too much.”
“Biographies are but the clothes and buttons of the man. The biography of the man himself cannot be written.”