Long and slowly widening experience in local self-direction must have prepared them for national self-direction.
Woodrow Wilson: “Long and slowly widening experience in local self-direction must have prepared them for national self-direction.”
Editor's note · Context
Wilson emphasizes the importance of local governance experience as a foundation for national governance.
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