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WOODROW WILSON
[Library of Congress]
1856-1924
28th President (1913-1921)
Education: College of New Jersey (now Princeton), Johns Hopkins
Occupation: college professor and administrator
Political Affiliation: Democrat
Religious Affiliation: Presbyterian
Summary of Religious Views:
Wilson, whose father was a theologian, had an upbringing steeped in religion, and remained deeply religious throughout his life. He was a frequent church-goer, and read the Bible regularly, especially toward the end of his life.
Views on Religion & Politics:
Wilson's religious views were the driving force in his political career, informing his quest for world peace.
Quotations:
"[The Bible is] a book which reveals men unto themselves, not as creatures in bondage, not as men under human authority, not as those bidden to take counsel and command of any human source. It reveals every man to himself as a distinct moral agent, responsible not to men, not even to those men whom he has put over him in authority, but responsible through his own conscience to his Lord and Maker. Whenever a man sees this vision he stands up a free man, whatever may be the government under which he lives, if he sees beyond the circumstances of his own life." -- speech on the tercentenary of the King James Bible, Denver, 7 May 1911
"My life would not be worth living if it were not for the driving power of religion, for faith, pure and simple. I have seen all my life the arguments against it without ever having been moved by them . . . never for a moment have I had one doubt about my religious beliefs. There are people who believe only so far as they understand -- that seems to me presumptuous and sets their understanding as the standard of the universe . . . I am sorry for such people." -- letter to Nancy Toy, 1915
"It does not become America that within her borders, where every man is free to follow the dictates of his conscience, men should raise the cry of church against church. To do that is to strike at the very spirit and heart of America." -- speech, 4 November 1915
References, Links, & Further Reading: Books, Articles, Links
Books
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Articles
Articles by Woodrow Wilson
Kathleen L. Wolgemuth, "Woodrow Wilson and Federal Segregation," The Journal of Negro HistoryVol. 44, No. 2, April 1959, pp. 158
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