Woodrow Wilson
US President, League of Nations
Sayings by Woodrow Wilson
The highest form of success is to be able to live with yourself.
The only thing that ever really ultimately succeeds is the truth.
The only thing that can redeem mankind is cooperation.
The man who has not learned to smile should not go into business.
The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation... until at last there had sprung into existence a great Ku Klux Klan.
Segregation is not humiliating but a benefit.
The world must be made safe for democracy.
I am a most unhappy man. I have unwittingly ruined my country.
The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests.
Segregation is not a humiliation but a benefit, and ought to be so regarded by you gentlemen.
The white men of the South are the only men among us who have at all times, with a spirit and a method that no one can successfully question, protected the purity of the ballot box.
The only reason I have ever been in politics is because I have wanted to serve the people.
The government is not a machine, but a living thing, and it must be allowed to grow and adapt itself to the needs of the people.
I am a Democrat, but I am a Democrat of the new school.
I believe that the American people are a people who have a genius for self-government.
The only way to achieve peace is to be prepared for war.
I am not afraid of the future, for I believe in the American people.
The use of the President's personal influence to secure the passage of legislation is not only legitimate, but it is a necessary part of his duties.
No man can be a complete master of himself who is not also master of his environment.
The President is at liberty, both in law and conscience, to be as big a man as he can.