Political Quotes

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.

Quotes by year · 191419211,359 total · peak 1919 (468)
1914: 94 quotes1915: 10 quotes1916: 265 quotes1917: 223 quotes1918: 137 quotes1919: 468 quotes1920: 133 quotes1921: 29 quotes
Oct 16, 1914

The whole resources of the country are mobilized, to be employed where they are most needed.

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Oct 16, 1914

The safest hiding place and covert of such control was in the tariff.

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Oct 16, 1914

The program was a great one, and it is a matter of deep satisfaction to think of the way in which it has been handled.

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Sep 27, 1914

If an entryman fails to make any payment when it becomes due, or fails to comply with the requirements of the homestead law as herein modified, his entry will be canceled.

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Sep 27, 1914

I, Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States of America, do hereby proclaim and direct that all the unsold, unentered, nonmineral, unreserved lands affected by said Act, which are not withdrawn under the Reclamation Act, shall be…

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Sep 27, 1914

No entry allowed under the provisions of this Proclamation shall be subject to commutation.

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Sep 27, 1914

The price of the lands shall be three dollars per acre if entered or purchased prior to September 15, 1915, and two dollars per acre if entered or purchased on or after that date.

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Sep 18, 1914

By virtue of the authority vested in me, I hereby establish the following order for the Canal Zone

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Sep 18, 1914

This amendment shall be effective from the date the order of March 20, 1914, became effective, viz.: April 1, 1914.

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Sep 18, 1914

This order shall take effect thirty days from and after its publication in the Canal Record.

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Sep 14, 1914

On the recommendation of the Secretary of Agriculture it is hereby ordered that the withdrawal of the following described tract of unsurveyed land, containing approximately 40 acres, reserved as a ranger station for the use of the Forest…

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Sep 14, 1914

it is hereby ordered that the public lands in Sec. 22, T. 41 N., R. 116 W., 6th P. M., Wyoming, be temporarily withdrawn subject to the conditions, provisions and limitations of said acts, in order that the Department of Agriculture may…

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