Political Quotes

Woodrow Wilson: “The dangers attending that variety which is heterogeneity in so vast an organism as ours are, of course, the dangers of…”

On the record
The dangers attending that variety which is heterogeneity in so vast an organism as ours are, of course, the dangers of disintegration--nothing less; and it is unwise to think these dangers remote and merely contingent because they are not as yet very menacing.
Said by
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson warns about the dangers of disintegration in a diverse political landscape.

Share

More from Woodrow Wilson

Mar 2, 1921

The imports of wheat have come mainly from Canada and Argentina and have not competed with the domestic crop.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Mar 2, 1921

Clearly, this is no time for the erection here of high trade barriers.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Feb 21, 1921

I herewith call your attention to an agreement with Belgium made by the British and French Premiers and myself.

presidency.ucsb.edu
Mar 2, 1921

Such a policy is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of equal and exact justice to all.

presidency.ucsb.edu

Other voices in this conversation