I would rather fail in a cause that will ultimately triumph than to triumph in a cause that will ultimately fail. Woodrow Wilson More Quotes by Woodrow Wilson More Quotes From Woodrow Wilson No government has ever been beneficent when the attitude of government was that it was taking care of the people. The only freedom consists in the people taking care of the government. Woodrow Wilson governmentattitudepeople To fight, you must be brutal and ruthless, and the spirit of ruthless brutality will enter into the very fibre of national life. Woodrow Wilson brutalityfightingwar This was not after all a conventional war, a struggle between equally predacious powers; it was a war to end all wars. Woodrow Wilson great-warendswar At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend to whom you can think aloud without restraint or misgiving. Woodrow Wilson cancerpatrioticthinking The roll of honor consists of the names of meant who have squared their conduct by ideals of duty. Woodrow Wilson militaryhonornames I am a most unhappy man. I accidentally ruined my country. A great industrial nation is now controlled by its system of credit. Our government is no longer based on the freedom of opinion, nor on the conviction and the majority decision, it is now a government which is subjected to the conviction and the compulsion of a small group of dominant men. Woodrow Wilson decisionmencountry Only peace between equals can last. Woodrow Wilson lasts We cannot be separated in interest or divided in purpose. We stand together until the end. Woodrow Wilson unitytogetherinspirational Jefferson's Declaration of Independence is a practical document for the use of practical men. It is not a thesis for philosophers, but a whip for tyrants; it is not a theory of government but a program of action. Woodrow Wilson independencetyrantsmen No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find out the things he does not know Woodrow Wilson subjectsstudentsdoe We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. Woodrow Wilson dreaminspirationalsports My dream is that as the years go by and the world knows more and more of America, itwill turn to America for those moral inspirations that lie at the basis of all freedomthat America will come into the full light of the day when all shall know that she puts human rights above all other rights, and that her flag is the flag not only of America but of humanity. Woodrow Wilson inspirationdreamlying We must believe the things We teach our children Woodrow Wilson teachbelievechildren All things come to him who waits - provided he knows what he is waiting for. Woodrow Wilson be-patientwaitingpatience Fear God and you need not fear anyone else. Woodrow Wilson fear-godgodneeds "Genius is divine perseverance." Divine patience I believe he originally used, perseverance is better in my opinion. Genius I cannot claim nor even extra brightness but perseverance all can have. Woodrow Wilson brightnessperseverancegenius To do things today exactly the way you did them yesterday saves thinking. Woodrow Wilson yesterdaytodaythinking High society is for those who have stopped working and no longer have anything important to do. Woodrow Wilson societyimportant Washington has seldom seen so numerous, so industrious or so insidious a lobby. There is every evidence that money without limit is being spent to sustain this lobby.... I know that in this I am speaking for the members of the two houses, who would rejoice as much as I would to be released from this unbearable situation. Woodrow Wilson limitshousetwo Men grow by having responsibility laid upon them. Woodrow Wilson growsresponsibilitymen
