Woodrow Wilson Quotes

Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness, and all the ugly distempers that make an ordered life impossible.

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of government. The history of liberty is the history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter’s evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to […]

The world must be made safe for democracy.

We should not only use the brains we have, but all that we can borrow.

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers’ document: it is a vehicle of life, and its spirit is always the spirit of the age.

A conservative is a man who sits and thinks, mostly sits.

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work.