My own ideals for the university are those of a genuine democracy and serious scholarship. These two, indeed, seem to go together.

Quote by Woodrow Wilson

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It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is...

It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is...

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...

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not...

There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not...

So far as the colleges go, the sideshows are swallowing up the circus.

So far as the colleges go, the sideshows are swallowing up the circus.

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...

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

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

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.

Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.

Tell me what is right and I will fight for it.

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...

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...

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill...

Golf is a game in which one endeavors to control a ball with implements ill...

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...

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

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...

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...

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,...

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is...

There is no higher religion than human service. To work for the common good is...

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...

There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am...

There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am...

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to...

You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to...