The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
WOODROW WILSONThe ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For… things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
WOODROW WILSONI am sorry for men who do not read the Bible every day. I wonder why they deprive themselves of the strength and pleasure.
WOODROW WILSONWe have beaten the living, but we cannot fight the dead.
WOODROW WILSONWe have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the world.
WOODROW WILSONThe world must be made safe for democracy.
WOODROW WILSONCaution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
WOODROW WILSONThe 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.
WOODROW WILSONAmerica was born to exemplify that devotion to the elements of righteousness which are derived from the revelations of the Holy Scripture.
WOODROW WILSONThe whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
WOODROW WILSONHas justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the … heart and spirit of men who resist power?
WOODROW WILSONSelf-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
WOODROW WILSONTo fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life.
WOODROW WILSONMen grow by having responsibility laid upon them.
WOODROW WILSONA fault which humbles a person is of more use to him or her than a good action which puffs him or her up.
WOODROW WILSONThe flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history.
WOODROW WILSONThe object of love is to serve, not to win.
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