The Civil War created in this country what had never existed before - a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of the Union; it was the rebirth of the Union.
Woodrow WilsonOnly a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit.
Woodrow WilsonThought cannot conceive of anything that may not be brought to expression. He who first uttered it may be only the suggester, but the doer will appear.
Woodrow Wilson