Woodrow Wilson

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

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By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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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 growing or swelling. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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I will not speak with disrespect of the Republican Party. I always speak with respect of the past. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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Property as compared with humanity, as compared with the red blood in the American people, must take second place, not first place. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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

— Woodrow Wilson

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The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation. ↗

— Woodrow Wilson

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