“I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.”
Respect
“A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.”
GovernmentAll Quotes by Woodrow Wilson
“If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.”
Government“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.”
God“A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.”
Politics“The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.”
Government“The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.”
Peace“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“Interest does not tie nations together it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.”
Sympathy“There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.”
Equality“The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.”
Future“The 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.”
Government“One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.”
Cool“Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.”
Government“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”
Change“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.”
Government“A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.”
Government“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.”
Peace“It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.”
History“You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape.”
Experience“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.”
Business