Too much law was too much government; and too much government was too little individual privilege,- as too much individual privilege in its turn was selfish license.

Quote by Woodrow T Wilson

Topics: Government 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...

The world must be made safe for democracy

The world must be made safe for democracy

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.

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...

Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of...

Politics I conceive to be nothing more than the science of the ordered progress of...

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

Necessity makes laws, but does not obey them

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...

When I am travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during...

When I am travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during...

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?

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

Government is actually the worst failure of civilized man. There has never been a really...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

If circumstances should at any time oblige the government to form an army of any...

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.

It is to secure our rights that we resort to government at all.