If the colored people made a mistake in voting for me, they ought to correct it. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The rule for every man is, not to depend on the education which other men have prepared for him-not even to consent… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
“I would rather fail in a cause that would ultimately succeed, than succeed in a cause that would ultimately fail.” — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
...it would be a mistake...to ascribe to Roman legal conceptions an undivided sway over the development of law and institutions during the… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
It recognizes no morality but a sham morality meant for deceit, no honor even among thieves and of a thievish sort, no… — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
We have not given science too big a place in our education, but we have made a perilous mistake in giving it… — 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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
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 Image
Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
...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 Image
The facts of the case will always have the better of [an] argument. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Image
Some Americans need hyphens in their names because only part of them has come over. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image
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 Image