"The profession I chose was politics; the..." - Quote by Woodrow Wilson
The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other.
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“The Constitution was not made to fit us like a straitjacket. In its elasticity lies its chief greatness.”
“An evident principleis the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak.”
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“Ambition has its disappointments to sour us, but never the good fortune to satisfy us. Its appetite grows keener by indulgence and all we can gratify it with at present serves but the more to inflame its insatiable desires.”
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“Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.”