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“We are expected to put the utmost energy, of every power that we have, into the service of our fellow men, never sparing ourselves, not condescending to think of what is going to happen to ourselves, but ready, if need be, to go to the utter length of self-sacrifice.”

Book:President Wilson's Addresses

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President Wilson's Addresses

This book compiles a selection of speeches and addresses given by Woodrow Wilson, highlighting his political and diplomatic perspectives during his tenure as the 28th President of the United States. more

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Woodrow Wilson

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. more

“Let him [the President] once win the admiration and confidence of the country, and no other single force can withstand him, no combination of forces will easily overpower him.... If he rightly interpret the national thought and boldly insist upon it, he is irresistible; and the country never feels the zest of action so much as when the President is of such insight and caliber.”

Ifs Feels Country Action Winning Force President Insight Combination Admiration Irresistible Zest Caliber

Book:Constitutional Government in the United States

Source: Constitutional Government in the United States

“His [the President's] office is anything he has the sagacity and force to make it.”

Political Force President Office Political Power Sagacity

Author:Woodrow Wilson

“I confess my belief in the common man.... The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.... The man who is in the melee knows what blows are being struck and what blood is being drawn.”

Knows Men Belief Common Blood He Man Blow Streams Swimming Common Man

Book:The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People

Source: The New Freedom A Call For the Emancipation of the Generous Energies of a People

“The city of Washington is in some respects self-contained, and it is easy there to forget what the rest of the United States is thinking about. I count it a fortunate circumstance that almost all the windows of the White House and its offices open upon unoccupied spaces that stretch to the banks of the Potomacand that as I sit there I can constantly forget Washington and remember the United States.”