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
I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated.
The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.
Opinion is the great, indeed the only coordinating force in our system.
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.
Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.
If you want to make enemies, try to change something.
I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.
We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.
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