Woodrow Wilson

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace.

The flag of the United States has not been created by rhetorical windbags, but American blood.

My own ideals for the university are pretty simple. It is to open the minds of young men to the utmost and to impregnate them with a sense of public duty.

The most important thing for a leader is to inspire his followers to do better than they thought they could.

We have no selfish ends to serve. We desire no conquest, no dominion.

The world is on fire, and we must put it out.

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.

I have found the best way to give advice to your children is to find out what they want and then advise them to do it.

The only thing that I hate more than having to write is not having anything to write.

In public life, as in private, we are what we are made to be by our circumstances and our choices.