Woodrow Wilson Quotes

American - President December 28, 1856 - February 3, 1924

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

Cool Light Worth Heat Hasty Judgment Supply Thing Thousand

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.

History Freedom Power Government Always Come Governmental Power Increase Liberty Limitations Never Subjects The History Of

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

Vision Men Liberty America Among Create Discover Established Ideal Maintain Realize Wealth

The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation.

Beginning Revolution American American Revolution

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

Game Sports Purpose Control Adapted Ball Endeavors Golf Ill Which

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

Change You Enemies Want Something Try Make

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.

Love Rich Liberty Free Belong Nation Poor Rather Had Than Would

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

History Liberty Resistance The History Of

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

Strength History Man Swimming Against Knows Stream Who

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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

People Ring Must Leader Ear Voices

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Political Theme First Prosperity Campaign Necessarily Political Campaign

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative', one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary', one who won't go at all.

Go Who Enough Understand Conservative Does Far Goes Radical Reactionary Too

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

Politics Who Doubt Someone Changes Conservative Grandmother Makes When In Doubt His

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

You Think Difficult Worth Re-Elected Too Much About Being Much Too Very

There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.

I Am Blessed Forget President Another Intervals Means States United United States Am

The seed of revolution is repression.

Seed Revolution Repression

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

Government Men Enough Country Big Big Enough States United United States Going Own

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

Intelligence Only I Can Brains Use Borrow

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

Politics Man Who Just Conservative Mostly Thinks

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.

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.

Day Will Lose Win Cause Rather Some Than Would

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

Work Good Religion Service Common Common Good Creed Greatest Higher Human Than

Never attempt to murder a man who is committing suicide.

Man Never Suicide Who Attempt Committing

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.

America Only Something Us Anything Consists Each

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

Leadership Great Identity First Absolute Cause Condition Successful

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

History Regret Lightning True Terribly Writing Like Only

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

History Great World Hot Bitter Except Great Part Little Part Pity Tears The History Of Wrath

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

Real Like Politician College Amateur Article Compared Seems

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

Peace World Democracy Safe Foundations Liberty Made Planted Political Political Liberty Tested Must

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

King May Kingdom Become Democratic Does Peasant Render

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

Together Sympathy Sometimes Unite Does Interest Nations Separates Tie Understanding Them

So far as the colleges go, the sideshows are swallowing up the circus.

Go Up Far Circus Colleges Swallowing

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

Government Democracy Principles Form Set Much

When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.

Man See He Office Carefully Give Growing Him Swelling Watch Whether

He is not a true man of the world who knows only the present fashions of it.

Man World Who True Fashions Knows Present True Man He Only

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.

Day Mind Opinions Come Conceive Possession Powers Receive Slowly Vivid Them

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

Life Science Political Understanding Conditions Insight Instrument Interpretation Method Nice Political Science Subtle

Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is a thing with which Princeton men must satisfy the country.

Men Country Must Thing Longer Please Princeton Satisfy Themselves Which

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