28th President of the United States and—in spite of the mostly positive treatment he gets in most mainstream history textbooks—an outspoken racist and an aggressive imperialist, who used military force to topple dozens of legitimately-elected democratic governments around the world. Loewen treats Wilson as an example of how history textbooks “heroify” historical figures who engaged in morally objectionable behavior, rather than giving an honest account of their lives.
President Woodrow Wilson Quotes in Lies My Teacher Told Me
The Lies My Teacher Told Me quotes below are all either spoken by President Woodrow Wilson or refer to President Woodrow Wilson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
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In the case of Woodrow Wilson, textbooks actually participate in creating the social archetype. Wilson is portrayed as “good,” “idealist,” “for self-determination, not colonial intervention,” “foiled by an isolationist Senate,” and “ahead of his time.”
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President Woodrow Wilson Quotes in Lies My Teacher Told Me
The Lies My Teacher Told Me quotes below are all either spoken by President Woodrow Wilson or refer to President Woodrow Wilson. For each quote, you can also see the other characters and themes related to it (each theme is indicated by its own dot and icon, like this one:
).
Chapter 1
Quotes
In the case of Woodrow Wilson, textbooks actually participate in creating the social archetype. Wilson is portrayed as “good,” “idealist,” “for self-determination, not colonial intervention,” “foiled by an isolationist Senate,” and “ahead of his time.”
Related Characters:
Related Themes:
Page Number and Citation:
Explanation and Analysis:
