“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
“I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.”
FriendshipAll Quotes by Woodrow Wilson
“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“The method of political science is the interpretation of life its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.”
Science“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.”
Intelligence“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 man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.”
History“One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.”
Cool“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“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.”
Hope“I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past.”
Respect“If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.”
Government“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.”
Education“The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.”
Peace“A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.”
Politics“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“Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.”
Government“The history of liberty is a history of resistance.”
History“There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.”
Religion“Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill adapted for the purpose.”
Sports“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