"The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy."

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Source : Woodrow Wilson, Ronald J. Pestritto (2005). “Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings”, p.117, Lexington Books

Woodrow Wilson

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“If I didn't have some kind of education, then I wouldn't be able to count my money.”
“Let us love God my brothers, let us love God. But let it be with the strength of our arms and the sweat of our brow.”
“The nature of faith is that it must be tried.”
“When you are new to the business, you think if you give a really bad performance, that's one they will print. You will be judged. You just have to be brave.”

Source : Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.
“Democracy is not something that happens, you know, just at election time, and it's not something that happens just with one event. It's an ongoing building process. But it also ought to be a part of our culture, a part of our lives.”
“Anybody who is capable of doing terrible things, you don't want them out in the world, but you can't help but respect their ingenuity and their savvy and their intelligence as they go about their dastardly deeds.”
“History down through the centuries has proved again and again that there can be but one outcome to a struggle for selfish power against forces fighting to protect and advance human rights. Those genuinely serving humanity always ultimately emerge triumphant. It is under their standards that the [Western] allies choose to throw in their lot for humanity's defense.”
“I remember wondering, within a year or two of taking my first my first steps, why only men sat to drink tea and converse, and why women were always busy. I reasoned that men were weak and needed rest.”

Source : Lawrence Hill (2008). “Someone Knows My Name: A Novel”, p.25, W. W. Norton & Company

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