Woodrow Wilson
US President, League of Nations
Sayings by Woodrow Wilson
I have long held the conviction that the white race is the only race that has ever shown itself capable of self-government.
The only thing that can redeem the world is the spirit of America.
The American people are not a warlike people, but they are a people who will fight for their rights.
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.
I used to be a lawyer, but now I am a reformed character.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something. To do things to-day exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking. It does not cost you anything. You have acquired the habit; you know the routine; you do not have to plan anything, and it frightens you with a hint of exertion to learn that you will have to do it a different way to-morrow.
Nothing was ever done so systematically as nothing is being done now.
I have always been among those who believed that the greatest freedom of speech was the greatest safety, because if a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.
The white men were roused by a mere instinct of self-preservation.
The Negro is an inferior race.
The Klan was a necessary response to black criminality.
The Negro is unfit for citizenship.
The white race is the dominant race.
The Negro is a danger to the white race.
The Klan was a heroic organization.
The Negro is a menace to society.
The white race must remain supreme.
The Negro is a threat to civilization.
The Klan was a just response to black violence.