Geburtsdatum | Sonntag, 28. Dezember 1856 |
Geburtsort | Staunton, Virginia, U.S. |
Todesort | Washington,_D.C. |
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Beschreibung | Thomas Woodrow Wilson (28. Dezember 1856 - 3. Februar 1924) war ein amerikanischer Politiker und Wissenschaftler, der von 1913 bis 1921 als 28. Wilson war Mitglied der Demokratischen Partei und diente als Präsident der Princeton University und als Gouverneur von New Jersey, bevor er 1912 die Präsidentschaftswahlen gewann. Als Präsident änderte Wilson die Wirtschaftspolitik der Nation und führte die Vereinigten Staaten 1917 in den Ersten Weltkrieg. Er war der führende Architekt des Völkerbundes, und seine fortschrittliche Haltung in der Außenpolitik wurde als Wilsonianismus bekannt. |
The question of armaments, whether on land or sea, is the most immediately and intensely practical question connected with the future fortunes of nations and of mankind.
Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.
One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.
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.
Business underlies everything in our national life, including our spiritual life. Witness the fact that in the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
If there are men in this country big enough to own the government of the United States, they are going to own it.
A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
The history of liberty is a history of resistance.
There is little for the great part of the history of the world except the bitter tears of pity and the hot tears of wrath.
If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.
In the Lord's Prayer, the first petition is for daily bread. No one can worship God or love his neighbor on an empty stomach.
The awakening of the people of China to the possibilities under free government is the most significant, if not the most momentous, event of our generation.
You are not here merely to make a living. You are here in order to enable the world to live more amply, with greater vision, with a finer spirit of hope and achievement. You are here to enrich the world, and you impoverish yourself if you forget the errand.
The man who is swimming against the stream knows the strength of it.
There can be no equality or opportunity if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they cannot alter, control, or singly cope with.
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.
I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.
It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.
