Woodrow Wilson Quotes

It is like writing history with lightning and my o... -Woodrow Wilson

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a... -Woodrow Wilson

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.

There is no higher religion than human service. To... -Woodrow Wilson

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, ... -Woodrow Wilson

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

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This quote humorously characterizes conservatives as individuals who tend to engage in contemplation or reflection rather than active or rapid change, suggesting a preference for maintaining traditional or existing systems.

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all... -Woodrow Wilson

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

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.

The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.

You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows t... -Woodrow Wilson

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

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This quote emphasizes the resilience and determination of individuals who defy conventional norms or challenge prevailing opinions. It suggests that those who go against the prevailing current of thought or action understand the power or resistance they face and possess the fortitude to persevere.

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first an... -Woodrow Wilson

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself.

My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness.

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican... -Woodrow Wilson

I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a... -Woodrow Wilson

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and... -Woodrow Wilson

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

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

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This quote asserts that the history of liberty or freedom is intertwined with acts of resistance against oppression or restrictions. It implies a belief in the transformative power of resistance and the pursuit of liberty as a driving force in historical events and social progress.

If you want to make enemies, try to change somethi... -Woodrow Wilson

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.

Woodrow Wilson Quotes

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