# Looking for a Woodrow Wilson quote

**URL:** https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-woodrow-wilson-quote/974725
**Category:** Factual Questions
**Created:** [November 11, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-woodrow-wilson-quote/974725 "2022-11-11T00:51:14Z")
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### Author: ![Lumpy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/lumpy/32/446_2.png) [@Lumpy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Lumpy)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2022, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-woodrow-wilson-quote/974725/1 "2022-11-11T00:51:14Z")

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If I could remember it precisely I could search for it but I can only remember the gist of it rather than the words. It was something to do with henceforth the common man will be dependent on government to advance his personal welfare. Is it possibly from _The New Freedom_?

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### Author: ![mbh](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/a6a055/32.png) [@mbh](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mbh)
#### Post date: [November 11, 2022, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/looking-for-a-woodrow-wilson-quote/974725/2 "2022-11-11T01:16:18Z")

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Is that something Wilson advocated, or something his opponents accused him of advocating?