I always remember that America was established not to create wealth—though any nation must create wealth which is going to make an economic foundation for its life—but to realize a vision, to realize an ideal. America has put itself under bonds to the earth to discover and maintain liberty now among men, and if she cannot see liberty now with the clear, unerring vision she had at the outset, she has lost her title, she has lost every claim to the leadership and respect of the nations of the world.


The Coming On of a New Spirit, speech to Chicago Democrat's Iriquois Club (12 February 1912), The Politics of Woodrow Wilson, p. 180.

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Woodrow Wilson Quotes

I always remember that America was established not to create wealth—though any nation must create wealth which is going to make an economic...

I always remember that America was established not to create wealth—though any nation must create wealth which is going to make an economic...

I always remember that America was established not to create wealth—though any nation must create wealth which is going to make an economic...

I always remember that America was established not to create wealth—though any nation must create wealth which is going to make an economic...