Quote#Friendship
I am inclined to follow the course suggested by a friend of mine who…
Quote byWoodrow Wilson · 1856–1924
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter to Bernard Baruch (19 August 1916), PWW 38:51.
English (original)
I am inclined to follow the course suggested by a friend of mine who says that he has always followed the rule never to murder a man who is committing suicide, and clearly this misdirected gentleman is committing suicide slowly but surely.
— Woodrow Wilson
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