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Woodrow Wilson Quotes - Page 5

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The history of liberty is the history of limitations on the power of government, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the concentration of power, we are resisting the processes of death, because

The history of liberty is the history of limitations on the power of government, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the concentration of power, we are resisting the processes of death, because concentration of power is what always precedes the destruction of human liberties.

Death, Power, Government

War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.

War, Names, Affair

Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1980). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars.

War, Great War, Ends

"A Day of Dedication".

Character, my friends, is a byproduct. It is produced in the great manufacture of daily duty.

Character, Habit, Great Men

"Wit and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson".

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Friendship, Patience, Cousin

Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.258, The Minerva Group, Inc.

The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.

Military, Names, Honor

Woodrow Wilson (1916). “Wit and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson: Extracts from the Public Speeches of the Leader and Interpreter of American Democracy, with Masterpieces of Eloquence”, Best Books

To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking.

Thinking, Yesterday, Today

Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.136, The Minerva Group, Inc.

The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical sentences in declarations of independence and in bills of rights. It has been created by the experience of a great people, and nothing is written upon it that has not been written by their life. It is the embodiment, not of a sentiment, but of a history.

Rights, People, Independence

Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.91, The Minerva Group, Inc.

We ought to regard ourselves and to act as socialists--believers in the wholesomeness and beneficence of the body politic.

Government, Body, Socialism

Woodrow Wilson (1898). “The State: Elements of Historical and Practical Politics”

I would not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with great respect of the past.

Respect, Party, Past

"Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson".

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 the people taking care of the government.

Attitude, Government, People

Woodrow Wilson (1956). “A crossroads of freedom, the 1912 campaign speeches”

As a matter of fact and experience, the more power is divided the more irresponsible it becomes.

Power, Matter, Facts

Woodrow Wilson (2012). “Congressional Government: A Study in American Politics”, p.77, Courier Corporation

Excesses accomplish nothing. Disorder immediately defeats itself.

Accomplish Nothing, Luxury, Excess

Woodrow Wilson, Albert Fried (1965). “A Day of Dedication”, New York : Macmillan [1965]

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

Inspirational, Leadership, Successful

Woodrow Wilson, Mario R. DiNunzio (2006). “Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-president”, p.72, NYU Press

The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.

Men, Understanding, Democracy

Woodrow Wilson (2016). “The New Freedom: [Illustrated & Biography Added]”, p.66, eKitap Projesi

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be happy. Many an unhappy man has been of deep service to himself and to the world.

Happiness, Men, Unhappy

Woodrow Wilson (1974). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.

Loyalty, Heart, Mean

Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.142, The Minerva Group, Inc.

Has justice ever grown in the soil of absolute power? Has not justice always come from the ... heart and spirit of men who resist power?

Heart, Men, Justice

Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1978). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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. There are many voices of counsel, but few voices of vision; there is much excitement and feverish activity, but little concert of thoughtful purpose. We are distressed by our own ungoverned, undirected energies and do many things, but nothing long. It is our duty to find ourselves.

Confused, Thoughtful, Voice

Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1974). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

Let me... remind you that it is only by working with an energy which is almost superhuman and which looks to uninterested spectators like insanity that we can accomplish anything worth the achievement. Work is the keystone of a perfect life. Work and trust in God.

Discipline, Perfect, Achievement

Is there any man here or any woman, let me say is there any child here, who does not know that the seed of war in the modern world is industrial and commercial rivalry?

Children, War, Men

"A Day of Dedication".

America was established not to create wealth but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal - to discover and maintain liberty among men.

4th Of July, Men, America

Woodrow Wilson, Ray Stannard Baker, Howard Seavoy Leach (1925). “The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)”

Benevolence does not consist in those who are prosperous pitying and helping those who are not. It consists in fellow feeling that puts you upon actually the same level with the fellow who suffers.

Feelings, Suffering, Doe

Woodrow Wilson (1956). “A crossroads of freedom, the 1912 campaign speeches”

The right is more precious than peace.

Military, Small Nations

Address to Joint Session of Congress asking for declaration of war, 2 Apr. 1917

The way to stop financial joyriding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

Money, Way, Financial

"Stop The "Joy Riding" By Arresting Chauffeur And Not The Automobile". pqasb.pqarchiver.com. January 14, 1914.

Born: December 28, 1856 - February 3, 1924
Occupation: 28th U.S. President

Quotes: 459

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