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.
Jun 4, 1914
We will not have masters; we will be a people, and we will seek our own liberty.
Jun 4, 1914
America will not bring glory to herself, but disgrace, by following the beaten paths of history.
Jun 3, 1914
It is our duty and our privilege to be like the country we represent and, speaking no word of malice, no word of criticism even, stand shoulder to shoulder to lift the burdens of mankind in the future and show the paths of freedom to all…
Jun 3, 1914
Am I mistaken, ladies and gentlemen, in supposing that nothing of this sort could have occurred in anything but a democracy?
Jun 3, 1914
I am not so much happy as proud to participate in this capacity on such an occasion: proud that I should represent such a people.
Jun 3, 1914
Our solemn duty is to see that each one of us is in his own consciousness and in his own conduct a replica of this great reunited people.
Jun 3, 1914
To declare this chapter in the history of the United States closed and ended, and I bid you turn with me with your faces to the future, quickened by the memories of the past, but with nothing to do with the contests of the past.
May 29, 1914
We come not for their sakes but for our own, in order that we may drink at the same springs of inspiration from which they themselves selves drank.
May 29, 1914
I can never speak in praise of war, ladies and gentlemen; you would not desire me to do so.
May 29, 1914
We owe them the spiritual reëstablishment of the Union as well; for they not only reunited States, they reunited the spirits of men.
May 29, 1914
We admire physical courage, but we admire above all things else moral courage.
May 29, 1914
It has been a privilege, ladies and gentlemen, to come and say these simple words, which I am sure are merely putting your thought into language.
May 29, 1914
We are dedicated to freedom, and that freedom means the freedom of the human spirit.
May 29, 1914
And just so soon as the tasks of peace are performed in the same spirit of self-sacrifice and devotion, peace societies will not be necessary.
May 29, 1914
Those who serve this Nation, whether in peace or in war, should serve it without thought of themselves.
May 19, 1914
Colonel George W. Goethals, now Governor of the Panama Canal, shall be Chairman of this committee.
May 19, 1914
The committee is authorized to spend such sums as may be available for printing, postage, correspondence, employment of clerks, and other necessary expenses connected with formally and officially opening the Panama Canal, as may be…
May 15, 1914
You need alliances when you are not strong, and you are weak only when you are not true to yourself.
May 15, 1914
No man who thinks first of himself and afterwards of his country can call himself an American.
May 10, 1914
I never went into battle; I never was under fire; but I fancy that there are some things just as hard to do as to go under fire.
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