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Woodrow Wilson Quotes about Democracy

The world must be made safe for democracy.

The world must be made safe for democracy.

Address to Joint Session of Congress asking for declaration of war, 2 Apr. 1917 See ThomasWolfe 1

Big business is not dangerous because it is big, but because its bigness is an unwholesome inflation created by privileges and exemptions which it ought not to enjoy.

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

That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.

Woodrow Wilson, Arthur Stanley Link (1976). “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson”

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.

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

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

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

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

Woodrow Wilson, Howard Seavoy Leach (1970). “The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: Authorized Ed”

I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.

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