Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
It is the object of learning, not only to satisfy the curiosity and perfect the spirits of ordinary men, but also to advance civilization.
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)
We are constantly thinking of the great war ... which saved the Union ... but it was a war that did a great deal more than that. It created in this country what had never existed before—a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of the Union, it was the rebirth of the Union.
—Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)