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Woodrow Wilson Quotes - Page 9

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Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. The mischief of it is that when they swell, they do not

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. The mischief of it is that when they swell, they do not swell enough to burst.

Men, Office, Giving

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

I came from the South and I know what war is, for I have seen its wreckage and terrible ruin. It is easy for me as President to declare war. I do not have to fight, and neither do the gentlemen on the Hill who now clamour for it. It is some poor farmer's boy, or son of some poor widow away off in some modest community, or perhaps the scion of a great family, who will have to do the fighting.

War, Son, Fighting

"The papers of Woodrow Wilson".

When you have read the Bible, you will know it is the word of God, because you will have found it the key to your own heart, your own happiness and your own duty.

Love, Happiness, Bible

Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.218, The Minerva Group, Inc.

America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it.

Men, America, Killing

Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1990). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

The law that will work is merely the summing up in legislative form of the moral judgment that the community has already reached.

Law, Community, Political

Woodrow Wilson (1980). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

Peace, Patriotic, Political

Speech to Congress, 2 Apr. 1917, in Selected Addresses (1918) p. 195

America is not a mere body of traders; it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom - is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

Passion, Greatness, Men

Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1977). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.

Peace, Benefits, Lasts

Address to Senate on essential terms of peace in Europe, 22 Jan. 1917

An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of Democracy

Democracy, Empires, Invisible

Woodrow Wilson, Ronald J. Pestritto (2005). “Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political Writings”, p.117, Lexington Books

The only way your powers can become great is by exerting them outside the circle of your own narrow, special, selfish interests. And that is the reason of Christianity. Christ came into the world to save others, not to save himself; and no man is a true Christian who does not think constantly of how he can lift his brother, how he can assist his friend, how he can enlighten mankind, how he can make virtue the rule of conduct in the circle in which he lives.

Christian, Brother, Selfish

Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.50, The Minerva Group, Inc.

God knows that any man who would seek the presidency of the United States is a fool for his pains. The burden is all but intolerable, and the things that I have to do are just as much as the human spirit can carry.

Pain, Men, United States

Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1979). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country.

Country, Men, Nwo

The city of Washington is in some respects self-contained, and it is easy there to forget what the rest of the United States is thinking about. I count it a fortunate circumstance that almost all the windows of the White House and its offices open upon unoccupied spaces that stretch to the banks of the Potomacand that as I sit there I can constantly forget Washington and remember the United States.

Thinking, Self, Cities

Woodrow Wilson (2012). “President Wilson's Addresses”, p.55, tredition

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.

Country, Men, Usa

Woodrow Wilson (2012). “The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People”, p.190, tredition

The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.

Inspirational, Life, People

Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1985). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.

Children, Men, Opportunity

Woodrow Wilson (2012). “President Wilson's Addresses”, p.27, tredition

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it.

Book, Reading, Men

Speech in New York City, November 19, 1905.

"Genius is divine perseverance." Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have.

Perseverance, Genius, Brightness

"The papers of Woodrow Wilson".

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 a clue.

Crazy, Believe, Thinking

You have just taken an oath of allegiance to the United States. Of allegiance to whom? Of allegiance to no one, unless it be God. Certainly not of allegiance to those who temporarily represent this great government. You have taken an oath of allegiance to a great ideal, to a great body of principles, to a great hope of the human race.

Taken, Race, Government

Woodrow Wilson, Albert Bushnell Hart (2002). “Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson”, p.86, The Minerva Group, Inc.

I have sometimes heard men say politics must have nothing to do with business, and I have often wished that business had nothing to do with politics.

Men, Sometimes, Heard

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

Neutrality is a negative word. It is a word that does not express what America ought to feel. America has a heart, and that heart throbs with all sorts of intense sympathies... We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations upon which peace can be rebuilt.

Peace, Negative Words, America

"Woodrow Wilson: Selections for Today".

If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.

Communication, Preparation, Needs

Quoted in Josephus Daniels, TheWilson Era: Years of War and After (1946) See Pascal 1; Thoreau 34

Conservatism is the policy of make no change and consult your grandmother when in doubt.

Grandmother, Political, Doubt

Woodrow Wilson (1986). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that 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.

Spiritual, Wisdom, Prayer

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

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

Quotes: 459

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