Woodrow Wilson Quotes

There are things more important than peace.

Peace purchased at the cost of any part of our national integrity is fit only for slaves, and even when purchased for such a price it is a delusion, for it cannot last.

Nothing has been purchased more dearly than the little bit of reason and sense of freedom which now constitutes our pride.

We love peace, but not peace at any price.

You have to understand that people have to pay a price for peace. If you dare to struggle, you dare to win.

Peace is such a precious jewel that I would give anything for it but truth.

We protest solemnly in the face of mankind, that we desire peace at any sacrifice, save that of honor.

We discovered that peace at any price is no peace at all.

I have turned down a lot of money for things that would have made me feel cheesy.

If I have to degrade myself or do something that I'm not willing to do as a Christian to get something, I'm just not willing to do it.

You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on having both at once.

We want peace, but not at any price.

It is any day better to stand erect with a broken and bandaged head then to crawl on one's belly, in order to be able to save one's head.

The price we have to pay for money is sometimes liberty.

A laugh costs too much when bought at the expense of virtue.

Let's drink to the spirit of gallantry and courage that made a strange Heaven out of unbelievable Hell, and let's drink to the hope that one day this country of ours, which we love so much, will find dignity and greatness and peace again.

If peace cannot be maintained with honour, it is no longer peace.

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

Yes, we love peace, but we are not willing to take wounds for it, as we are for war.

I value peace when it is not bought at the price of fundamental decencies.

Even peace may be purchased at too high a price.

There really can be no peace without justice. There can be no justice without truth. And there can be no truth, unless someone rises up to tell you the truth.

Union is a delectable thing, and so is wealth, and so is life, but they may all cost too much, if they cost honour.

We would rather starve than sell our national honor.

There are many things worth living for, there are a few things worth dying for, but there is nothing worth killing for