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Woodrow Wilson1856–1924

Do you never stop to reflect just what it is that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another, it is for the sovereignty of self-governing peoples.

Woodrow Wilson on democracy

Speech on Military Preparedness, Pittsburgh (29 January 1916)

America Democracy

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Peace is its own reward.
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The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.
Speech at New York Press Club (9 September 1912), in The papers of Woodrow Wilson, 25:124
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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.
Speech at New York Press Club (9 September 1912), in The papers of Woodrow Wilson, 25:124
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Democracy is two wolves and a lamb voting on what to have for lunch.
?UnattributedOften credited to Benjamin Franklin
The best argument against democracy is a five-minute conversation with the average voter.
?UnattributedOften credited to Winston Churchill
It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.
Winston Churchill1874–1965Speech in the House of Commons (11 November 1947), published in 206–07 The Official Report, House of Commons (5th Series), 11 November 1947, vol. 444, cc.

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