Jun 28, 1916
I am immensely interested in fighting for the things that I believe in.
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
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Jun 28, 1916
I believe most profoundly in the duty of every American to exalt the national consciousness by purifying his own motives and exhibiting his own devotion.
Jun 28, 1916
Business is all right so long as it is not sordid, and it cannot be sordid if it is shot through with ideals.
Jun 28, 1916
At whatever cost America should be just to other peoples and treat other peoples as she demands that they should treat her.
Jun 28, 1916
I wish very much, gentlemen, that candor and truth might always be the standard of politics as well as the standard of business.
Jun 28, 1916
The only thing that ever set any man free, the only thing that ever set any nation free, is the truth.
Jun 28, 1916
It is one thing to entertain fine principles and another thing to make them work.
Jun 28, 1916
America is at a point, gentlemen, where it is more than ever necessary that she should understand her own ideals not only, but be ready to put them into action at any cost.
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