Famous quotes containing the words woodrow wilson, president and/or wilson:
“Such a mind we must desire to see in a woman,—a mind that stirs without irritating you, that arouses but does not belabour, amuses and yet subtly instructs.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
“There can only be one Commander-in-Chief. In these times, crises cannot be managed and wars cannot be waged by committee. To the ears of the world, the President speaks for the nation. While he is of course ultimately accountable to Congress, the courts, and the people, he and his emissaries must not be handicapped in advance in their relations with foreign governments as has sometimes happened in the past.”
—Gerald R. Ford (b. 1913)
“A little group of willful men, representing no opinion but their own, have rendered the great government of the United States helpless and contemptible.”
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)