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.
Jan 17, 1919
We are trusted to do a great thing, to do it in the highest spirit of friendship and accommodation.
Jan 10, 1919
It is hereby ordered, under authority found in the act of June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six, that the trust or other period of restriction against alienation contained in any patent issued to any Indian for any lands on the…
Jan 6, 1919
I do hereby direct that the flags of the White House and the several Departmental Buildings be displayed at half staff for a period of thirty days, and that suitable military and naval honors under orders of the Secretaries of War and of…
Jan 6, 1919
His private life was characterized by a simplicity, a virtue and an affection worthy of all admiration and emulation by the people of America.
Jan 6, 1919
As President he awoke the Nation to the dangers of private control which lurked in our financial and industrial systems.
Jan 6, 1919
It becomes my sad duty to announce officially the death of Theodore Roosevelt, President of the United States from September 14, 1901 to March 4, 1909, which occurred at his home at Sagamore Hill, Oyster Bay, New York, at 4:15 o'clock in…
Jan 6, 1919
In his death the United States has lost one of its most distinguished and patriotic citizens, who had endeared himself to the people by his strenuous devotion to their interests and to the public interests of his country.
Jan 5, 1919
You can not trade with a man who does not trust you, and you will not trade with a man whom you do not trust.
Jan 5, 1919
Trust is the very life and breadth of business; and suspicion, unjust national rivalry stands in the way of trade, stands in the way of industry.
Jan 5, 1919
It has been a very happy circumstance that America should be thus associated with Italy.
Jan 5, 1919
I feel almost as if it were the greeting of a people of whom I was indeed a fellow citizen.
Jan 5, 1919
The people of the United States were reluctant to take part in the war, not because they doubted the justice of the cause, but because it was the tradition of the American Republic to play no part in the politics of other continents.
Jan 5, 1919
There was a time when scholars, speaking in the beautiful language in which the last address was made, were the only international characters of the world.
Jan 5, 1919
Both on the streets of this interesting city and here you have made me feel at home.
Jan 5, 1919
I am very much honored that this great city, playing so important a role in the life and in the industrial endeavor of Italy, should have conferred this high distinction upon me.
Jan 5, 1919
Our ties had been many and intimate before the war, and now they constitute a pledge of friendship and of permanent association of purpose which must delight both people.
Jan 5, 1919
I am proud to be President of a Nation which contains so large an element of the Italian race.
Jan 5, 1919
It is impossible at this distance that my voice should reach all of you, but I want you to know that I bring the greetings, and affectionate greetings, of the people of the United States to the people of Italy and the people of the great…
Jan 5, 1919
It is the duty of the great universities of Italy and of the rest of the world to redeem science from this disgrace.
Jan 5, 1919
We think the same thoughts. We entertain the same purposes. We have the same ideals; and this war has done this inestimable service: It has brought nations into close vital contact.
Jan 5, 1919
It will always be a matter of pride with me to remember this association.
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