"Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it."
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Quotes by Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, served from 1913 to 1921, profoundly shaping the nation during a pivotal era. Born on December 28, 1856, in Staunton, Virginia, Wilson was an academic and political reformer who championed progressive policies, including the Federal Reserve Act and anti-trust legislation. His leadership during World War I and advocacy for the League of Nations marked his legacy as a proponent of international cooperation, though he faced significant domestic challenges. Wilson's vision continues to influence global diplomacy today.
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"I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something."
Woodrow Wilson
"There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is the greatest creed."
Woodrow Wilson"The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy."
Woodrow Wilson"A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible."
Woodrow Wilson
"You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand."
Woodrow Wilson
"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."
Woodrow Wilson
"Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does unite them."
Woodrow Wilson"There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with."
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."
Woodrow Wilson