Author: Woodrow Wilson

Quotes

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does with brave men is, not to frighten them, but to challenge them.

- Woodrow Wilson

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

- Woodrow Wilson

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

- Woodrow Wilson

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

- Woodrow Wilson

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them.

- Woodrow Wilson

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

- Woodrow Wilson

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

- Woodrow Wilson

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

- Woodrow Wilson

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty.

- Woodrow Wilson

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