Woodrow Wilson citáty

„Rozdíl mezi silným a slabým mužem je ten, že ten první se po porážce nevzdává.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„Pokud je člověk blázen, nejlépe je povzbudit ho, aby tuto skutečnost propagoval tím, že bude mluvit.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„Člověk bez vizí neuskuteční žádnou velkou naději, ani nepodnikne nic většího.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

Zdroj: Tony Buzan: Síla duchovní inteligence, Columbus, Praha 2002, ISBN 80-7249-131-8

„Pokud mám mluvit deset minut, potřebuji týden na přípravu; pokud je to patnáct minut, tři dny; pokud půl hodinku, dva dny; pokud hodinu, už jsem připraven.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„Svět má ve zvyku jít kupředu.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„Přátelství je jediným tmelem, který kdy bude držet svět pohromadě.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„Ostatní země se budou řídit naším vedením.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

Zdroj: Herzán, M. Totalitní světovláda. EdtimePrint 2001. str. 5

„Konzervativní je člověk, který sedí a přemýšlí. Většinou však sedí.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

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

—  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

„If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days; if an hour, I am ready now.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

As quoted in The Wilson Era; Years of War and After, 1917–1923 (1946) by Josephus Daniels, p. 624. Referenced in "Bartleby.com" http://www.bartleby.com/73/1288.html
1920s and later

„Once lead this people into war and they will forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

Conversation with Frank Irving Cobb before asking Congress to declare war (2 April 1917). Attributed in Cobb of "The World," a leader of liberalism, by Cobb and Heaton, 1924, p. 270 http://books.google.com/books?id=Vxt5W3LrvSYC&pg=PA270&dq=%22Once+lead+this+people%22
1910s

„We should not only use all the brains we have but all that we can borrow.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

Speech to the National Press Club http://books.google.com/books?id=8gLmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA439 (20 March 1914)<!--PWW 29:364-->
1910s
Varianta: I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow
Kontext: I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow, and I have borrowed a lot since I read it to you first.

„The world has a habit of going on.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„If a man is a fool, the best thing is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„War isn’t declared in the name of God; it is a human affair entirely.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„I come from the South and I know what war is, for I have seen its terrible wreckage and ruin. It is easy for me as President to declare war. I do not have to fight, and neither do the gentlemen on the Hill who now clamor for it. It is some poor farmer's boy, or the son of some poor widow - who will have to do the fighting and dying.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„Some people have a large circle of friends while others have only friends that they like.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

„We grow great by dreams. All big men are dreamers. They see things in the soft haze of a spring day or in the red fire of a long winter's evening. Some of us let these great dreams die, but others nourish and protect them; nurse them through bad days till they bring them to the sunshine and light which comes always to those who sincerely hope that their dreams will come true.“

—  Woodrow Wilson

As quoted by Thomas A. Bruno in Take your dreams and Run (South Plainfield: Bridge, 1984), p. 2-3. Source: Dr. Preston Williams (2002): By the Way - A Snapshot Diagnosis of the Inner-City Dilemma, p. 38-39. Xulun Press, Fairfax, Virginia http://books.google.de/books?id=Xn9jxqatFecC&pg=PA38&lpg=PA38&dq=woodrow+wilson+We+Grow+Great+By+Dreams%27&source=bl&ots=TtioQ-yO0-&sig=qHWPj4-8g3hSjcV-qJTbzNg6nuI&hl=de&sa=X&ei=1QZ0U4DBOaf80QWSqYDQAw&ved=0CHYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=woodrow%20wilson%20We%20Grow%20Great%20By%20Dreams'&f=false
1880s