The competent leader of men ...

The competent leader of men cares little for the niceties of other peoples\' characters: he cares much--everything--for the exterior uses to which they may be put.... These are men to be moved. How should he move them? He supplies the power; others simply the materials on which that power operates.
The competent leader of men cares little for the niceties of other peoples' characters: he cares much--everything--for the exterior uses to which they may be put.... These are men to be moved. How should he move them? He supplies the power; others simply the materials on which that power operates.
 Woodrow Wilson

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Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.
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 Woodrow Wilson
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
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 Woodrow Wilson
A man is not as big as his belief in himself; he is as big as the number of persons who believe in him.
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 Woodrow Wilson
There is such a thing as man being too proud to fight. There is such a thing as a nation being so right that it does not need to convince others by force that it is right.
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 Woodrow Wilson
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
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 Woodrow Wilson