Author: Woodrow Wilson

Quotes

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

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

The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.

The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a nice understanding of subtle, unformulated conditions.

- 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

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.

- 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 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

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

- Woodrow Wilson

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

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