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Woodrow Wilson quotes

American President December 28, 1856 – February 3, 1924

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We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it too great a preponderance in method in every other branch of study. Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson quote: "There is no higher religion than human service. To work for..."
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. Woodrow Wilson
It is ... particularly true of constitutional government that its atmosphere is opinion .... It does not remain fixed in any unchanging form, but grows with the growth and is altered with the change of the nation's needs and purposes. Woodrow Wilson
We want one class of persons to have a liberal education, and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class of necessity in every society, to forgo the privilege of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks. Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson quote: "You know how impossible it is, in short, to have a free nation..."
You know how impossible it is, in short, to have a free nation if it is a military nation and under military orders Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson quote: "A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults..."
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt. Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson quote: "If you want to make enemies, try to change something."
If you want to make enemies, try to change something. Woodrow Wilson
if Germany won it would change the course of our civilization and make the United States a military nation [and] it would check his policy for a better international ethical code Woodrow Wilson
I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country. A great industrial nation is controlled by its system of credit. Our system of credit is concentrated. The growth of the nation, therefore, and all our activities are in the hands of a few men. We have come to be one of the worst ruled, one of the most completely controlled and dominated Governments in the civilized world - no longer a Government by free opinion, no longer a Government by conviction and the vote of the majority,... Woodrow Wilson
[o]f course like every other man of intelligence and education I do believe in organic evolution. It surprises me that at this late date such questions should be raised. Woodrow Wilson
Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it. Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson quote: "If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the..."
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. Woodrow Wilson
Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. Woodrow Wilson
We forget that there is much more patriotism in having the audacity to differ from the majority than in running before the crowd; we forget that in the resistance of the minority some of the biggest things in our own history have been accomplished, and the man who looks on the Stars and Stripes and doesn't hold a right to say nay to his neighbor, even if the neighbor is of the larger party, has forgotten the history of his country. Woodrow Wilson
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. Woodrow Wilson

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