Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Quote by Woodrow Wilson

Topics: Woodrow Wilson Quotes

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...

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can...

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can...

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does...

The only use of an obstacle is to be overcome. All that an obstacle does...

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not...

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not...

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...

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the...

A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the...

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only...

America is not anything if it consists of each of us. It is something only...

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

As compared with the college politician, the real article seems like an amateur.

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely...

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely...

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it....

Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it....

America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region...

America lives in the heart of every man everywhere who wishes to find a region...

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We...

Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We...

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship....

My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship....

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

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

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...

The government, which was designed for the people, has got into the hands of the...

That government is best which governs least.

That government is best which governs least.

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.

Government under democracy is thus government by orgy, almost by orgasm.