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

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

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed.

- 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

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

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty.

- Woodrow Wilson

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

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

- 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

You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape.

You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the twilight into the broadening day before the noon comes and the full sun is upon the landscape.

- Woodrow Wilson

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