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

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half...

I would never read a book if it were possible for me to talk half...

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find...

No student knows his subject: the most he knows is where and how to find...

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...

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...

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...

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

Friendship is the only cement that will ever hold the world together.

The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless

The truth is we are all caught in a great economic system which is heartless

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...

It is easier to change the location of a cemetery, than to change the school...

It is easier to change the location of a cemetery, than to change the school...

We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be...

We want the spirit of America to be efficient; we want American character to be...

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him

Every great man of business has got somewhere a touch of the idealist in him

We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free...

We shall fight for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free...

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...

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized...

There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized...

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a...

The Constitution of the United States is not a mere lawyers' document: it is a...

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the...

We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the...

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

Telling the truth to people who misunderstand you is generally promoting a falsehood, isn't it?

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant...

There is in every true woman's heart, a spark of heavenly fire, which lies dormant...

For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.

For a creative writer possession of the truth is less important than emotional sincerity.