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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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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

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,...

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....

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

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 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...

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...

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....

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed...

What we seek is the reign of law, based upon the consent of the governed...

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...

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.

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.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character...

If you will think about what you ought to do for other people, your character...

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

A rich man has no need of character

A rich man has no need of character