The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. — Quoted

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“The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.”

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Woodrow Wilson

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

Government

Woodrow Wilson

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

History

Woodrow Wilson

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

Politics

Woodrow Wilson

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.

Government