"There is no cause half so sacred..." - Quote by Woodrow Wilson
There is no cause half so sacred as the cause of the people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea of the service of humanity.
More by Woodrow Wilson
“Have you thought of the sufferings of Armenia? You poured out your money to help succor the Armenians after they suffered; now set your strength so that they shall never suffer again.”
“There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.”
“There is such a thing as a man being too proud to fight.”
More on Humanity
“As the stars looked to me when I was a shepherd in Assyria, they look to me now as a New-Englander.”
“Please put the ladybug outside without harming her. (to his butler)”
“It is easy to make plans in this world; even a cat can do it; and when one is out in those remote oceans it is noticeable that a cat's plans and a man's are worth about the same. There is much the same shrinkage in both, in the matter of values.”
More on Service
“I choose to give my life for those who have been left out of the sunlight of opportunity”
“Gentlemen, you will permit me to put on my spectacles, for, I have grown not only gray, but almost blind in the service of my country. - March 15, 1783”
“People who serve you without love get even behind your back.”