Humorous Quotes attributed to Woodrow Wilson
1856-1924, 28th President of the USA

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

A conservative is someone who makes no changes and consults his grandmother when in doubt.

A non-entity with side-whiskers (on Chester A Arthur)

By 'radical,' I understand one who goes too far; by 'conservative,' one who does not go far enough; by 'reactionary,' one who won't go at all.

Every man who takes office in Washington either grows or swells, and when I give a man an office, I watch him carefully to see whether he is growing or swelling.

Harding is incapable of thought, because he has nothing to think with. (on Warren G Harding)

He combined great gifts with a great mediocrity. (on Ulysses S Grant)

I have a reputation amongst most of my kin and certain of my friends for being irrepressible, in select circles, as a maker of grotesque addresses from the precarious elevation of chair seats ... (in a letter to Ellen Louise Axson)

I have long enjoyed the friendship and companionship of Republicans because I am by instinct a teacher, and I would like to teach them something.

I not only use all the brains that I have, but all that I can borrow.

If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.

If a man is a fool, the best thing to do is to encourage him to advertise the fact by speaking. It cannot be so easily discovered if you allow him to remain silent and look wise. But if you let him speak, the secret is out.

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.

If you think too much about being re-elected, it is very difficult to be worth re-electing.

If you want to make enemies, try to change something.

Never murder a man who is committing suicide.

One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat.

The use of university is to make young gentlemen as unlike their fathers as possible.

The trouble with the Republican party is that it has not had a new idea in 30 years. I am not speaking as a politician; I am speaking as a historian.

The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.

There are blessed intervals when I forget by one means or another that I am President of the United States.

What's the use of wasting good serviceable indignation on him? (on Theodore Roosevelt)

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