Woodrow Wilson quotes

Woodrow Wilson was an American statesman and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States. His leadership during World War I and his efforts to establish the League of Nations greatly influenced international politics. He is remembered for advancing progressive reforms and shaping modern American foreign policy. Here are 246 of his quotes:

If you want to make enemies, try to change something. (Woodrow Wilson)
You are not here merely to prepare to make a living. You are here to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, and with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget this errand. View quote
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The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it. View quote
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I would ... rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than triumph in a cause that I know some day will lose. View quote
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America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region where he will be free to work out his destiny as he chooses. View quote
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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. View quote
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The history of liberty is a history of resistance. View quote
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Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign. View quote
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I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow. View quote
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A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits. View quote
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At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving. (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. View quote
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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. View quote
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The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. View quote
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No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation. View quote
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Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life. View quote
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I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty. View quote
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There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States. View quote
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. View quote
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The seed of revolution is repression. View quote
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If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing. (Woodrow Wilson)
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. View quote
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A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt. View quote
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If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you ought to go home and examine your conscience. View quote
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No man can sit down and withhold his hands from the warfare against wrong and get peace from his acquiescence. View quote
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Woodrow Wilson

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Occupation: American President
Born: December 28, 1856
Died: February 3, 1924
Quotes count: 246
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