Woodrow Wilson Quotes


Remember that God ordained that I should be the next president of the United States. Neither you nor any other mortal or mortals could have prevented this.


Citations

McCombs, William F. Making Woodrow Wilson President. Fairview Publishing Co., 1921, p. 207.

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Woodrow Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
  • Born: December 28, 1856
  • Died: February 3, 1924
  • Nationality: American
  • Profession: President

Thomas Woodrow Wilson was an American politician and academic who served as the 28th president of the United States from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, Wilson served as the president of Princeton University and as the 34th governor of New Jersey before winning the 1912 presidential election. As President, Wilson led the United States into World War I in 1917. He was the leading architect of the League of Nations, and his progressive stance on foreign policy came to be known as Wilsonianism. Scholars have generally ranked Wilson in the upper tier of U.S presidents, although he has been criticized for supporting racial segregation and white supremacy.