That is Gladstone, the greatest statesman that ever lived. I intend to be a statesman, too. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Your real statesman is first of all, and chief of all, a great human being, with an eye for all the great… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Great statesmen seem to direct and rule by a sort of power to put themselves in the place of the nation over… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The legislator must be in advance of his age. Across the mind of the statesman flash ever and anon the brilliant, though… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days;… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
There is here a great melting pot in which we must compound a precious metal. That metal is the metal of nationality. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
I have received delegations of working men who, apparently speaking with the utmost sincerity, have declared that they would regard it as a genuine… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
The greatest embarrassment of my political career has been that active duties seem to deprive me of time for careful investigation. I seem almost… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
Some Americans need hyphens in their names because only part of them has come over. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
The history of liberty is the history of limitations on the power of government, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
When I think of the flag… I see alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of liberty and justice, and stripes… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share
