Famous quotes containing the words woodrow wilson, president and/or wilson:
“I have come slowly into possession of such powers as I have ... I receive the opinions of my day. I do not conceive them. But I receive them into a vivid mind.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“The President is not only the leader of a party, he is the President of the whole people. He must interpret the conscience of America. He must guide his conduct by the idealism of our people.”
—Herbert Hoover (1874–1964)
“We are not put into the world to sit still and know; we are put into it to act.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)