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 T Wilson

Topics: Democracy Quotes, Government Quotes

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers.

Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress...

Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress...

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

I would rather belong to a poor nation that was free than to a rich...

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to...

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to...

No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

No man can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

No thoughtful man ever came to the end of his life, and had time and...

No thoughtful man ever came to the end of his life, and had time and...

The seed of revolution is repression.

The seed of revolution is repression.

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that...

Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that...

I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world...

I can predict with absolute certainty that within another generation there will be another world...

Too much law was too much government; and too much government was too little individual...

Too much law was too much government; and too much government was too little individual...

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless...

The sum of the whole matter is this, that our civilization cannot survive materially unless...

In the last analysis, my fellow country men, as we in America would be the...

In the last analysis, my fellow country men, as we in America would be the...

America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who...

America is the place where you cannot kill your government by killing the men who...

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search...

We live in an age disturbed, confused, bewildered, afraid of its own forces, in search...

Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the...

Only in America do these peasants, our mothers, get their hair dyed platinum at the...

When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began...

When I was young I was amazed at Plutarch's statement that the elder Cato began...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

Age cannot wither her, nor custom stale her infinite variety. Other women cloy the appetites...

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...

A good sermon should be like a woman's skirt: short enough to arouse interest but...