During the anxieties of war, when necessity seemed compelling there were excessive grants of authority and all extraordinary concentration of powers in the Chief Executive.
Warren G. Harding: “During the anxieties of war, when necessity seemed compelling there were excessive grants of authority and all…”
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Harding reflects on the concentration of power in the presidency during wartime and its implications.
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