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.

Sep 24, 1916

The competitions of business either lay the foundations of respect and mutual confidence or the foundations of suspicion and mutual hostility.

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Sep 15, 1916

All official reports which the Governor General of the Philippine Islands may be required to make of the transactions of the Government of the Philippine Islands will be made to the War Department.

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Sep 15, 1916

He (the Governor General of the Philippine Islands) shall annually and at such other times as he may be required make such official report of the transactions of the government of the Philippine Islands to an executive department of the…

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Sep 15, 1916

All matters pertaining to the Government of the Philippine Islands, except as otherwise provided by law, are placed in the jurisdiction of that department.

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Sep 7, 1916

I have come to suggest, among other things, that when the forces of nature are steadily working and the tide is rising to meet the moon, you need not be afraid that it will not come to its flood.

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Sep 7, 1916

It is going to prevail, and that is a very superficial and ignorant view of it which attributes it to mere social unrest.

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Sep 7, 1916

The astonishing thing about the movement which you represent is, not that it has grown so slowly, but that it has grown so rapidly.

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Sep 7, 1916

There was a time when nobody but a lawyer could know enough to run the Government of the United States.

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Sep 7, 1916

We feel the tide; we rejoice in the strength of it; and we shall not quarrel in the long run as to the method of it.

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Sep 3, 1916

No more significant memorial could have been presented to the nation than this.

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