We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter’s evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them, nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.
United States of America Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the 76th Congress, First Session, appendix, volume 84, part 14, July 13, 1939 to August 5, 1939, Washington, United States Government Printing Office, 1939, p. 3699.
– Woodrow Wilson, President of USA 1913-1921
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