Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
| NUMBER: | 1570 |
| AUTHOR: | Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924) |
| QUOTATION: | There is no cause half so sacred as the cause of a people. There is no idea so uplifting as the idea of the service of humanity. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Wilson spoke to an audience estimated at between 12,000 and 16,000 persons. For two hours before he arrived, the crowd listened to various other speakers. Upon his arrival there was a “tumultuous ovation which lasted for more than an hour. Wilson was so moved that he forgot his prepared speech” (p. 493, footnote). |
| SUBJECTS: | Public service |