Quotes by Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

Woodrow Wilson

American president

Lived from: 1856 - 1924

Category: Politics Country: FlagUnited States

Born: 28 december 1856 Died: 2 march 1924

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  • Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
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  • Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
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  • 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.
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  • A little group of willful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
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  • A radical is one of whom people say ''He goes too far.'' A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ''doesn't go far enough.'' Then there is the reactionary, ''one who doesn't go at all.'' All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have
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  • All things come to him who waits - provided he knows what he is waiting for.
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  • America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only if it consists of all of us.
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  • America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it.
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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.
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  • Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
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  • Character is a by-product; it is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.
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  • Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
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  • Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
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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.
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  • I believe in democracy, because it releases the energies of every human being.
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  • I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
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  • I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow.
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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.
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  • I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.
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  • I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!
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What are the most famous quotes from Woodrow Wilson?

The two most famous quotes from Woodrow Wilson are:

  • "Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles."
  • "Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow."

When did Woodrow Wilson live?

Woodrow Wilson was born in 1856 and died in the year 1924.