The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the bosses and their employers, the special interests. An invisible empire has been set up above the forms of democracy.

Quote by Woodrow Wilson

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I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct...

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct...

You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the...

You cannot, in human experience, rush into the light. You have to go through the...

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am...

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am...

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does...

Interest does not tie nations together; it sometimes separates them. But sympathy and understanding does...

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth...

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth...

Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative...

Generally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative...

Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is...

Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is...

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in...

I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in...

The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a...

The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a...

If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen...

If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen...

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be...

I am not sure that it is of the first importance that you should be...

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give...

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give...

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the...

If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the...

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the...

There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the...

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend...

At every crisis in one's life, it is absolute salvation to have some sympathetic friend...

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business,...

My dream of politics all my life has been that it is the common business,...

When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he...

When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he...

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the...

I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have. I receive the...