Let him [the President] once win the admiration and confidence of the country, and no other single force can withstand him, no combination of forces will easily overpower him.... If he rightly interpret the national thought and boldly insist upon it, he is irresistible; and the country never feels the zest of action so much as when the President is of such insight and caliber.
Woodrow WilsonThe only thing that saves the world is the little handful of disinterested men that are in it.
Woodrow WilsonThe cure for bad politics is the same as the cure for tuberculosis. It is living in the open.
Woodrow WilsonJust what is it that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another it is for the sovereignty of self-governing people.
Woodrow WilsonThe spirit of [William] Penn will not be stayed. You cannot set limits to such knightly adventurers. After their own day is gone their spirits stalk the world, carrying inspiration everywhere that they go and reminding men of the lineage, the fine lineage, of those who have sought justice and right.
Woodrow Wilson