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Woodrow Wilson
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The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people.
— “The Leaders of Men”, speech at the University of Tennessee (17 June 1890), in The Politics of Woodrow Wilson, p. 74
Woodrow Wilson
President of the United States from 1913 to 1921 (1856–1924)
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- Fame85.7
- Momentum0.5
- Global rank#160
- United States rank#112
- Politicians rank#58
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Lived 1856–1924, aged 68United States
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He championed the League of Nations abroad and segregation at home. Wilson steered the U.S. through World War I and reshaped the presidency, but his vision for peace died in the Senate and a stroke left him a hollow figurehead for his final year in office.
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Born in Virginia in 1856, Wilson grew up during the Civil War and Reconstruction, later earning a Ph.D. and teaching at Princeton before becoming its president. His 1887 article on public administration helped found the field. As New Jersey's governor from 1911 to 1913, he broke with party bosses and pushed progressive reforms. In 1912 he defeated Taft and Theodore Roosevelt to become the first Southern president since 1848. His first term brought the modern income tax, the Federal Reserve, and the widespread segregation of the federal bureaucracy. After narrowly winning reelection in 1916, he…
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Woodrow Wilson
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It is getting to be harder to run a constitution than to frame one.
— "The Study of Administration," 1887
Woodrow Wilson
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The principles on which to base a science of administration for America, must be principles which have democratic policy very much at heart.
— "The Study of Administration," 1887
Woodrow Wilson
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The English race, consequently, has long and successfully studied the art of curbing executive power to the constant neglect of the art of perfecting executive methods.
— p. 206;
Woodrow Wilson
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Congress in session is Congress on public exhibition, whilst Congress in its committee-rooms is Congress at work.
— Congressional Government, A Study in American Politics (1885; republished 1981), chapter 2, p. 69 (1981)
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