Woodrow T. Wilson
32 quotations
We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
We grow by our dreams.
I believe in democracy, because it releases the energies of every human being.
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who conduct it.
That a peasant may become king does not render the kingdom democratic.
The world must be made safe for democracy.
Fear God and you need not fear anyone else.
There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight.
Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.
You cannot be friends upon any other terms than upon the terms of equality.
The nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort; yes, than the nation's life itself.
Loyalty means nothing unless it has at its heart the absolute principle of self-sacrifice.
All things come to him who waits -- provided he knows what he is waiting for.
It must be peace without victory; only a peace between equals can last.
Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.
No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.
Today's greatest labor-saving device is tomorrow.
When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.
We should not only master questions, but also act upon them, and act definitely.
I not only use all the brains I have but all I can borrow.
Provision for others is a fundamental responsibility of human life.
All the extraordinary men I have known were extraordinary in their own estimation.
Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.