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Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. ↗

#interest #nations #separates #sometimes #sympathy

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. ↗

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#been #business #common #discuss #dream

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#connected #fortunes #future #immediately #intensely

The world is not looking for servants, there are plenty of these, but for masters, men who form their purposes and then carry them out, let the consequences be what they may. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

#consequences #form #looking #masters #may

I can't understand why people so readily put themselves up to be humiliated. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

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I don't really care any longer what other people think. ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#care #i #longer #other #people

I don't tell everyone my life history because if everyone knows your inside-leg measurement, how can you surprise them? ↗

— Penelope Wilton

#everyone #history #how #i #knows

I find talking about acting very boring, having to come out with platitudes about how terribly nice everyone is. I would much rather just do it. ↗