Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. Woodrow Wilson on history
The history of liberty is a history of resistance. Woodrow Wilson on history
There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath. Woodrow Wilson on history
It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true. Woodrow Wilson on history
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. Woodrow Wilson on home
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. Woodrow Wilson on hope
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow. Woodrow Wilson on intelligence
Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership. Woodrow Wilson on leadership
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible. Woodrow Wilson on men
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand. Woodrow Wilson on motivational
Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt. Woodrow Wilson on peace
The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. Woodrow Wilson on peace
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience. Woodrow Wilson on pet
A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits. Woodrow Wilson on politics
I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something. Woodrow Wilson on politics
A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt. Woodrow Wilson on politics
Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of society along the lines of greatest usefulness and convenience to itself. Woodrow Wilson on politics
My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business, that it is something we owe to each other to understand and discuss with absolute frankness. Woodrow Wilson on politics
Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. Woodrow Wilson on power
There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed. Woodrow Wilson on religion