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
There is no question what the roll of honor in America is. The roll of honor consists of the names of men who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty.
War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.
The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name.... We must be impartial in thought as well as in actiona nationthat neither sits in judgment upon others nor is disturbed in her own counsels and which keeps herself fit and free to do what is honest and disinterested and truly serviceable for the peace of the world.
Some Americans need hyphens in their names because only part of them has come over.
Some Americans need hyphens in their names, because only part of them has come over; but when the whole man has come over, heart and thought and all, the hyphen drops of its own weight out of his name.
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
I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately succeed than succeed in a cause that will ultimately fail.
Only free peoples can hold their purpose and their honor steady to a common end and prefer the interest of mankind to any narrow interest of their own