Carolina QuotesThe great malady of public life is cowardice. Most men are not untrue, but they are afraid. Most of the errors of public life, if my observation is to be trusted, come not because men are morally bad, but because they are afraid of somebody. God knows why they should be: it is generally shadows they are afraid of.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
Source
As quoted in American Chronicle (1945) by Ray Stannard Baker, quoted on unnumbered page opposite p. 1
- work
- 1920s and later
- year
- 1945
- locator
- p. 1
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