When I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is swelling or growing.

Quote by Woodrow Wilson

Topics: Woodrow Wilson Quotes

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...

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the...

The world must be made safe for democracy. Its peace must be planted upon the...

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.

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely...

The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely...

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.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

Prosperity is necessarily the first theme of a political campaign.

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 method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a...

The method of political science is the interpretation of life; its instrument is insight, a...

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...

In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship...

In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship...

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.

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...

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

A conservative is a man who just sits and thinks, mostly sits.

All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring...

All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring...

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...

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

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

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.

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...

Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.

Within crisis, are the seeds of opportunity.

Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to...

Here comes 40. I'm feeling my age and I've ordered the Ferrari. I'm going to...