Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
Thomas Woodrow Wilsonwas an American politician and academic who served as the 28th President of the United States from 1913 to 1921. Born in Staunton, Virginia, he spent his early years in Augusta, Georgia and Columbia, South Carolina. Wilson earned a PhD in political science at Johns Hopkins University, and served as a professor and scholar at various institutions before being chosen as President of Princeton University, a position he held from 1902 to 1910. In the election of 1910,...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionUS President
Date of Birth28 December 1856
CountryUnited States of America
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
The commands of democracy are as imperative as its privileges and opportunities are wide and generous. Its compulsion is upon us.
An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of Democracy
My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.
I believe in Democracy because it releases the energies of every human being.
The whole purpose of democracy is that we may hold counsel with one another, so as not to depend upon the understanding of one man.
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 be afraid of anyone else
The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless it be redeemed spiritually
The thing to do is to supply light and not heat
It is easier to change the location of a cemetery, than to change the school curriculum
I fancy that it is just as hard to do your duty when men are sneering at you as when they are shooting at you
I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail