Hunger does not breed reform; it breeds madness and all the distemper's that make an ordered life impossible. Woodrow Wilson More Quotes by Woodrow Wilson More Quotes From Woodrow Wilson Life does not consist in thinking, it consists in acting. Woodrow Wilson acting doe thinking The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. Woodrow Wilson usa-patriotism revolution 4th-of-july When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. Woodrow Wilson work giving men When correcting a child, the goal is to apply light, not heat. Woodrow Wilson parenting light children I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half an hour with the man who wrote it. Woodrow Wilson reading men book No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach. Woodrow Wilson poverty worship men One cool judgement is worth a thousand hasty councils. Woodrow Wilson judgement thousand success Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles. Woodrow Wilson democracy government principles A presidential campaign may easily degenerate into a mere personal contest, and so lose its real dignity. There is no indispensable man. Woodrow Wilson presidential real men America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand. Woodrow Wilson ostriches presidential america The Bible is the one supreme source of revelation of the meaning of life, the nature of God and spiritual nature and need of men. It is the only guide of life which really leads the spirit in the way of peace and salvation. Woodrow Wilson spiritual faith men I have the feeling that he would rather see a good cause fail than succeed if he were not the head of it. Woodrow Wilson succeed causes feelings What is at the heart of all national problems? It is that we have seen the hand of material interest sometimes about to close upon our dearest rights and possessions. Woodrow Wilson rights heart hands I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich nation that had ceased to be in love with liberty. Woodrow Wilson liberty president love Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing. The mischief of it is that when they swell, they do not swell enough to burst. Woodrow Wilson office giving men When the representatives of "Big Business" think of the people, they do not include themselves. Woodrow Wilson bigs people thinking A nation is as great, and only as great, as her rank and file. Woodrow Wilson files nations I have sometimes heard men say politics must have nothing to do with business, and I have often wished that business had nothing to do with politics. Woodrow Wilson heard sometimes men One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty councils. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. Ay any rate, if it is heat it ought to be white heat and not sputter, because sputtering heat is apt to spread the fire. There ought, if there is any heat at all, to be that warmth of the heart which makes every man thrust aside his own personal feeling, his own personal interest, and take thought of the welfare and benefit of others. Woodrow Wilson fire heart men The things that the flag stands for were created by the experiences of a great people. Everything that it stands for was written by their lives. The flag is the embodiment, not of sentiment, but of history. Woodrow Wilson patriotism patriotic people