Woodrow Wilson ✓

(1856–1924) university teacher

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[Wikidata] president of the United States from 1913 to 1921 (1856–1924)... | [Wikipedia] Thomas Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He was the only Democrat to serve as president during the Progressive Era, when Republicans dominated the presidency and legislative branches. As president, Wilson made significant economic reforms and led

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• Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them Laws
• All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's… All
• We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search not merely of its road but even of its direction. Afraid
• 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. Bread
• Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work Committee
• When I am travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such… Abundantly
• Statesmen have to bend to the collective will of their peoples or be broken Bend
• The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually Cannot Survive
• If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if… Brevity
• A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits. Conservative
• Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of the government. The history of government is a history of… Always Come
• When I give a man an office, Iwatch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. Carefully
• An evident principle ... is the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities, andtheir right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety… All
• I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have ... I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them.… Come Slowly
• The soul of me is very selfish. I have gone my way after a fashion that made me the center of the plan. And you… Accomplished

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