Woodrow Wilson

US President, League of Nations

Modern influential 128 sayings

Sayings by Woodrow Wilson

I am a man of peace, but I am not a pacifist.

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The only way to have a friend is to be one.

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I am a great believer in the doctrine that the best way to get a thing done is to do it.

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The only way to be free is to be educated.

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I am not a man of words; I am a man of deeds.

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The only way to get a thing done is to do it yourself.

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I am a great believer in the power of the press.

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The only way to be truly successful is to be truly happy.

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The only way to be truly free is to be truly independent.

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The only way to be truly good is to be truly honest.

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The only way to be truly happy is to be truly grateful.

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The only way to be truly strong is to be truly vulnerable.

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The white people of the South are not going to be lectured by the President of the United States.

1913 — Responding to concerns about racial segregation in the federal government
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The government ought to be just as careful to keep its hands off the private business of the citizens as it is to keep its hands off the private morals of the citizens.

1912 — Speech at the Commercial Club of Chicago
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It is not a question of being able to do it, but of having the right to do it.

Approx. 1912 — Discussing the role of government
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The history of liberty is a history of the limitation of governmental power, not the increase of it.

1912 — Address to the New York Press Club
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The object of government is the happiness of the people.

1889 — From his book, 'The State'
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America is the greatest country in the world.

1912 — Speech during the 1912 presidential campaign
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The American flag has not been planted on foreign soil to acquire more territory, but to plant there a standard of liberty and honor and justice.

1914 — Speech in Philadelphia
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The only way to make a man trustworthy is to trust him.

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