Jul 12, 1916
Loyalty means that you ought to be ready to sacrifice every interest that you have, and your life itself, if your country calls upon you to do so.
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
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Jul 10, 1916
NO lot will be sold for less than $25.00, and no bid exceeding that amount will be accepted unless made in multiples of five dollars;
Jul 10, 1916
The minimum of $25.00 on each lot sold for less than $50.00 must be paid in cash within the time hereinafter specified, and if the price bid is $50.00 or more, one-half of the bid price must be paid in cash within said specified time and…
Jul 10, 1916
Upon failure to pay any installment on or before the day the same becomes due, all rights under this application, together with the payments theretofore made, may be forfeited to the United States by the Secretary of the Interior.
Jul 9, 1916
The United States will play a new part, and that it will be a part of unprecedented opportunity and of greatly increased responsibility.
Jul 9, 1916
We have not been accustomed to the large world of international business and we have got to get accustomed to it right away.
Jul 9, 1916
There is a great deal of cant talked, my fellow citizens, about service.
Jul 9, 1916
I have always been inclined to believe that the business of the world was best understood by those men who were in the struggle for maintenance hot only, but for success.
Jul 9, 1916
The great difficulty that has confronted us, gentlemen, has often been that we have deliberately looked at these common interests from self-chosen angles, which made them look as if some of us were separated from others.
Jul 9, 1916
We call ourselves a liberal nation, whereas, as a matter of fact, we are one of the most conservative nations in the world.
Jul 9, 1916
Your raw materials must be the raw materials that they need, not the raw materials that you need.
Jul 9, 1916
The suspicion is beginning to dawn in many quarters that the average man knows the business necessities of the country just as well as the extraordinary man does.
Jul 9, 1916
The very conception of America is based upon the validity of the judgments of the average man.
Jun 29, 1916
So, gentlemen, I have not come here to-night to do anything but to remind you that you do not constitute the United States; that I do not constitute the United States; that it is something bigger and greater and finer than any of us.
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