Quotations from

Woodrow Wilson

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924) was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era, when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches. As president, Wilson made significant economic reforms and led the United States through World War I. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonian idealism.

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Quotes from Woodrow Wilson

The truth is, we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless.

—Woodrow Wilson

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

—Woodrow Wilson

America was not established to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal — to discover and maintain liberty among men.

—Woodrow Wilson

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

—Woodrow Wilson

I never dared to be radical when young
For fear it would make me conservative when old.

—Woodrow Wilson

A mind too active is no mind at all.

—Woodrow Wilson

Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.

—Woodrow Wilson

The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.

—Woodrow Wilson

Tao. Some of us look for the Way in opium and some in God, some of us in whiskey and some in love. It is all the same Way and it leads nowhither.

—Woodrow Wilson

The test of courage comes when we are in the minority. The test of tolerance comes when we are in the majority.

—Woodrow Wilson

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

—Woodrow Wilson

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

—Woodrow Wilson

America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness-built upon freedom-is moral, not material. we have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

—Woodrow Wilson

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.

—Woodrow Wilson

...it is as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you.

—Woodrow Wilson