This war had its roots in the disregard of the rights of small nations and of nationalities which lacked the union and the force to make good their c… - Woodrow Wilson
""
This war had its roots in the disregard of the rights of small nations and of nationalities which lacked the union and the force to make good their claim to determine their own allegiances and their own forms of political life. Covenants must now be entered into which will render such things impossible for the future; and those covenants must be backed by the united force of all the nations that love justice and are willing to maintain it at any cost.
English
Collect this quote
About
Woodrow Wilson
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
Biography information from
Wikiquote·
Portrait adapted from
Wikimedia Commons, Harris & Ewing (Public domain / CC0)
Also Known As
Alternative Names:
Thomas Woodrow Wilson
•
T. Woodrow Wilson
•
Thomas W. Wilson
•
President Wilson
•
T. W. Wilson
•
T. Wilson
The purpose of a university should be to make a son as unlike his father as possible. By the time a man has grown old enough to have a son in college he has specialized. The university should generalize the treatment of its undergraduates, should struggle to put them in touch with every force of life.
You are not here merely to making 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.
When men take up arms to set other men free, there is something sacred and holy in the warfare.
