Woodrow Wilson

Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.

Woodrow Wilson

Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world.

Woodrow Wilson

The difference between a strong man and a weak one is that the former does not give up after a defeat.

Woodrow Wilson

The highest and best form of efficiency is the spontaneous cooperation of a free people.

Woodrow Wilson

The history of liberty is a history of resistance.

Woodrow Wilson

The history of liberty is the history of limitations on the power of government, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the concentration of power, we are resisting the processes of death, because concentration of power is what always precedes the destruction of human liberties.

Woodrow Wilson

The interesting and inspiring thing about America is that she asks nothing for herself except what she has a right to ask for humanity itself.

Woodrow Wilson

The nation’s honor is dearer than the nation’s comfort.

Woodrow Wilson

The princes among us are those who forget themselves and serve others.

Woodrow Wilson

The profession I chose was politics; the profession I entered was law. I entered the one because I thought it would lead to the other.

Woodrow Wilson