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28th U.S. President

Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, known for his foreign policy during World War I and his efforts at the Paris Peace Conference. He advocated for the New Freedom policy and had a deep academic background in history, politics, and economics.

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Famous Woodrow Wilson Quotes

“Politics is a war of causes; a joust of principles. Government is too serious a matter to admit of meaningless courtesies.”

War Matter Government Causes Principles Serious Politician Meaningless Courtesy

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“Tolerance is an admirable intellectual gift; but it is of little worth in politics.”

Littles Politician Intellectual Tolerance Admirable

Book:The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)

Source: The Public Papers of Woodrow Wilson: College and state; educational literary and political papers (1875-1913)

“Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide.”

Men Politics Murder Suicide Busy Committing Suicide

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“I want the people to love me, but I suppose they never will.”

People Want

Book:The Wilson reader

Source: The Wilson reader

“There is no more subtle dissolvent of morals than sentimentality.”

Moral Subtle Sentimentality

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“There is something better, if possible, that a man can give than his life. That is his living spirit to a service that is not easy, to resist counsels that are hard to resist, to stand against purposes that are difficult to stand against.”

Ifs Men Giving Hard Spirit Purpose Easy Difficult Something Better

Book:Woodrow Wilson: Selections for Today

Source: Woodrow Wilson: Selections for Today

“The only thing that saves the world is the little handful of disinterested men that are in it.”

Men World Littles Handful Save The World Disinterested Unselfishness

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“No task, rightly done, is truly private. It is part of the world s work.”

World Done Work Tasks

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Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“To be free is not necessarily to be wise. Wisdom comes with counsel, with the frank and free conference of untrammeled men united in the common interest.”

Men Wisdom Interest United Common Wise Frank Conferences Being Wise Common Interests Wise Wisdom Man United

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“And when they [American soldiers] came, they found fit comrades for their courage and their devotion. ... Joining hands with these, the men of America gave that greatest of all gifts, the gift of life and the gift of spirit.”

Men Hands America Spirit Found He Man Fit Soldier Devotion Joining Comrade American Soldier Gifts Of Life Joining Hands

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“Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.”

Fighting

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

“Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is a thing with which Princeton men must satisfy the country.”

Men Country Please Princeton

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“There's not an idea in our heads that has not been worn shiny by someone else's brains.”

Ideas Brain Knowledge Worn

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“The law that will work is merely the summing up in legislative form of the moral judgment that the community has already reached.”

Form Law Political Community Moral Judgment Moral Judgment Summing Up

Book:The papers of Woodrow Wilson

Source: The papers of Woodrow Wilson

About the Author

Born: December 28, 1856
Died: February 3, 1924
Known for: 28th U.S. President
Quotes: 464

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The papers of Woodrow WilsonRelated source material

Selected Addresses and Public Papers of Woodrow WilsonRelated source material

Woodrow Wilson: the essential political writingsRelated source material

Wit and Wisdom of Woodrow Wilson: Extracts from the Public Speeches of the Leader and Interpreter of American Democracy, with Masterpieces of EloquenceRelated source material

Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-presidentRelated source material

President Wilson's AddressesRelated source material

Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897-Related source material

The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a PeopleRelated source material

Wilson, Volume V: Campaigns for Progressivism and Peace, 1916-1917Related source material

A Day of DedicationRelated source material

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