I had rather be defeated in a cause that will ultimately triumph than triumph in a cause that will ultimately be defeated.
Woodrow WilsonBagehot did what so many thousand of young graduates before him had done,--he studied for the bar; and then, having prepared himself to practise law, followed another large body of young men in deciding to abandon it.
Woodrow WilsonWe [Americans] have a great ardor for gain; but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.
Woodrow Wilson