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 swelling or growing. The mischief of it is that when they swell, they do not swell enough to burst.


Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897- (ed. 1913)

Woodrow Wilson Quotes

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 swelling ...

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 swelling ...

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 swelling ...

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 swelling ...