Woodrow Wilson, born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia, spent his youth in the South, as the son of a devout Presbyterian family, seeing the ravages of the Civil War and its aftermath. A dedicated scholar an...
When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare. Woodrow Wilson
When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
Freedom exists only where people take care of the government.” Woodrow Wilson
Freedom exists only where people take care of the government.”
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.” Woodrow Wilson
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.”
There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace. Woodrow Wilson
There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized peace.
There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.” Woodrow Wilson
There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.”
Only peace between equals can last.” Woodrow Wilson
Only peace between equals can last.”
Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world. Woodrow Wilson
Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.
The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself. Woodrow Wilson
The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.
Some people have a large circle of friends while others have only friends that they like.” Woodrow Wilson
Some people have a large circle of friends while others have only friends that they like.”
No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself. Woodrow Wilson
No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.” Woodrow Wilson
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.”
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself. Woodrow Wilson
Wisdom doesn't necessarily come with age. Sometimes age just shows up all by itself.