The great malady of public life is cowardice. Most men are not untrue, but they are afraid. Most of the errors of public life, if my observation is t… - Woodrow Wilson

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The great malady of public life is cowardice. Most men are not untrue, but they are afraid. Most of the errors of public life, if my observation is to be trusted, come not because men are morally bad, but because they are afraid of somebody. God knows why they should be: it is generally shadows they are afraid of.

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Thomas Woodrow Wilson (28 December 1856 – 3 February 1924) was the 28th president of the United States of America (1913–1921) and the 45th governor of New Jersey (1911–1913). He was the second Democrat to serve two consecutive terms in the White House, after Andrew Jackson, and was the first President from the South to be elected since the American Civil War

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Alternative Names: Thomas Woodrow Wilson • T. Woodrow Wilson • Thomas W. Wilson • President Wilson • T. W. Wilson • T. Wilson
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