Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilsonwas an American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Born in Staunton, Virginia, he spent his early years in Augusta, Georgia and Columbia, South Carolina. Wilson earned a PhD in political science at Johns Hopkins University, and served as a professor and scholar at various institutions before being chosen as President of Princeton University, a position he held from 1902 to 1910. In the election of 1910,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth28 December 1856
CountryUnited States of America
Woodrow Wilson quotes about
It is easier to change the location of a cemetery, than to change the school curriculum
A little group of willful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself
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.
No man has ever risen to the real stature of spiritual manhood until he has found that it is finer to serve somebody else than it is to serve himself.
I fancy that it is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you
Fear God and you need not be afraid of anyone else
We cannot, we will not, choose the path of surrender
Too much law was too much government; and too much government was too little individual privilege,- as too much individual privilege in its turn was selfish license
You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.
We should not only use the brains we have, but all that we can borrow
We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.