Quotes from Woodrow Wilson

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

If a man is a fool, the best thing is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.

Freedom exists only where people take care of the government.

There is nothing that succeeds in life like boldness, provided you believe you are on the right side.

When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.

We can have no sympathy with those who seek the power of government to advance their own personal interests or ambitions.

We should not only use all the brains we have but all that we can borrow.

A politician, a man engaged in party contests, must be an opportunist. Let us give up saying that word as if it contained a slur. If you want to win in party action, I take it for granted that you want to lure the majority to your side. I never heard of any man in his senses who was fishing for a minority.

Leadership does not always wear the harness of compromise.

You are not here merely to making 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.

No man can rationally live, worship, or love his neighbour on an empty stomach.

If a dog will not come to you after he has looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience."~