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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• Uncompromising thought is the luxury of the closeted recluse. Untrammeled reasoning is the indulgence of the philosopher, of the dreamer of sweet dreams. Closeted
• The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people. Best
• There is a power so organized, so subtle, so complete, and so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak… Better
• The use of a university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible. Father
• The trouble with the theory [of limited and divided government] is that government is not a machine, but a living thing. This is where the… Breathing
• It is not men that interest or disturb me primarily; it is ideas. Ideas live; men die. Die
• 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.… Activity
• The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others. Among
• I do not want to live under a philanthropy. I do not want to be taken care of by the government.... We do not want… Benevolent
• No people are true Christians who do not think constantly of how they can lift their brother and sister, how they can assist their friends,… Assist
• Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and… All
• The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself. America
• We grow by our dreams. Dream
• The success of a party means little more than that the Nation is using the party for a large and definite purpose. It seeks to… Change
• Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now. Done Now
• A radical is one of whom people say ''He goes too far.'' A conservative, on the other hand, is one who ''doesn't go far enough.''… All
• Just what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people. America
• We [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man. Americans
• I firmly believe in Divine Providence. Without belief in Providence I think I should go crazy. Without God the world would be a maze without… Belief
• To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest. Arms
• No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in… Attitude
• The firm basis of government is justice, not pity. Bases
• There is no indispensable man. The government will not collapse and go to pieces if any one of the gentlemen who are seeking to be… Any
• You cannot tear up ancient rootages and safely plant the tree of liberty in soil that is not native to it. Ancient
• The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other. Chose

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