Thomas Woodrow Wilson
Birth 1856-12-28Death 1924-02-03
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We want one class of persons to have a liberal education and we want another class of persons, a very much larger class of necessity in every society, to forgo the privilege of a liberal education and fit themselves to perform specific difficult manual tasks.
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Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men’s views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the field of commerce and manufacture, are afraid of somebody, are afraid of something. They know that there is a power somewhere so organized, so subtle, so watchful, so interlocked, so complete, so pervasive, that they had better not speak above their breath when they speak in condemnation of it.
Woodrow Wilson Signs Sterilization Into New Jersey Law
Started 1911-04-21Ended 1911-04-21
While Governor of New Jersey Wilson signed a law to be added to Chapter 190 a three man board that would say if “feebleminded, epileptics and other defectives” should be sterilized. This board could also do the same to people in poor houses.
Positions
United States Executive Branch - 28th President
Initiated 1913-03-04Retired 1921-03-04