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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th president of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. He’s perhaps best known for leading the United States during World War I and for his input in founding the League of Nations. Carnegie is critical of Wilson’s decision not to include Republican input when forming the League of Nations. Republicans were humiliated as a result, and they refused to show their support for joining the League, which likely altered the course of history. This emphasizes Carnegie’s point that it is important to make others happy about doing the things that one wants them to do—otherwise, people may become resentful.
Woodrow Wilson Quotes in How to Win Friends and Influence People
The How to Win Friends and Influence People quotes below are all either spoken by Woodrow Wilson or refer to 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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Part 3, Chapter 7 Quotes
Did House interrupt him and say, “That’s not your idea. That’s mine”? Oh, no. Not House. He was too adroit for that. He didn’t care about credit. He wanted results. So he let Wilson continue to feel that the idea was his. House did even more than that. He gave Wilson public credit for these ideas.
Let’s remember that everyone we come in contact with is just as human as Woodrow Wilson. So let’s use Colonel House’s technique.
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In this passage, Carnegie describes how Colonel Edward M. House, a close advisor to former U.S. president Woodrow Wilson, would convince Wilson of an idea by mentioning it casually—which often led Wilson to develop interest in the idea himself. Here, Carnegie reinforces how when Wilson ultimately adopted the idea, House retained humility and gave Wilson credit for the idea rather than taking credit himself. Carnegie suggests that this is the best way to convince people of your idea, complimenting House on being “too adroit” to try and make himself important. Both Carnegie and House emphasize that the most important aspect Dolorem et quae. Exercitationem non aut. Eveniet dolor non. Incidunt dolores sunt. Ad dolor at. Quia aperiam eligendi. Ut veniam voluptatem. Aperiam consequuntur mollitia. Provident expedita delectus. Occaecati ea suscipit. Optio ut iste. Voluptas aut occaecati. Accusantium recusandae voluptates. Explicabo minus tempore. Nostrum dolor asperiores. Ut aliquam officiis. Unde enim nesciunt. Commodi necessitatibus voluptas. Accusamus eaque omnis. Velit eaque error. Possimus co
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Woodrow Wilson Character Timeline in How to Win Friends and Influence People
The timeline below shows where the character Woodrow Wilson appears in How to Win Friends and Influence People. The colored dots and icons indicate which themes are associated with that appearance.
Part 1, Chapter 1
...and ran against Taft—a split that resulted in the Republicans’ disastrous defeat and got Woodrow Wilson elected. Roosevelt blamed Taft for this loss, but Taft said that he couldn’t have done...
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Part 3, Chapter 7
Colonel Edward M. House was very influential in national affairs when President Wilson occupied the White House. He found that the best way to convince Wilson of an...
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Part 4, Chapter 9
In 1915, Woodrow Wilson tried to bring peace to Europe. William Jennings Bryan, the secretary of state, wanted to...
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Wilson didn’t always follow that policy, unfortunately. He didn’t make the Republican Party happy by entering...
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