Woodrow Washington Quotes
FDR even admitted that very wealthy men and corporations controlled most U. S. governments including the administration of his own political party. Roosevelt did a great deal to improve the situation but by the latter years of the 20th century, private financial entities gained back much of the influence and control. The result was the Meltdown of 2008 and the Great Recession, where another set of regulations and laws (Dodd-Frank) was made law by the Obama Administration. However, the financial corporations still had enormous political influence as a result of unlimited campaign contributions to politicians and unlimited lobbying.
Ahmed Khomeini, son of Iranian leader Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini is the Mrs. Wilson of modern Iran.
During the last year of Woodrow Wilson's presidency, unknown to the public, First Lady, Edith Bolling Wilson, virtually ran the administration because of her husband's illness and debilitation. In the latter months of the Ayatollah’s life, he was non functional and his son was running the government without telling the public.
at the end of World War I 1st Earl Lloyd-George of Dwyfor
Wilson is perhaps the only President in American history who actually presided over a reverse affirmative action. Other post Reconstruction presidents have either increased the degree of affirmative action in Federal positions or ignored affirmative action and did not pursue it. But only Wilson rolled it back.
President Wilson had gone to Paris for peace treaty negotiations. Ex-President Roosevelt was on his deathbed. But even then TR was his politically contentious self.
On October 2, 1919 President Woodrow Wilson suffered a stroke. During his recuperation Edith Bolling Wilson, his wife, was the only source of communication between him and the officials of government:
