“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
“Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.”
GovernmentAll Quotes by Woodrow Wilson
“A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.”
Politics“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“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“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.”
Friendship“It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.”
History“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.”
Home“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“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“The method of political science is the interpretation of life its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.”
Science“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.”
Change“The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.”
Peace“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“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“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“The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.”
History“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“I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.”
Intelligence