For the right operation of these it has had to depend, like other constitutions, upon the virtue and discretion of the people and their ministers.
Woodrow Wilson: “For the right operation of these it has had to depend, like other constitutions, upon the virtue and discretion of the…”
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Wilson notes that the Constitution relies on the virtue and discretion of the people for its effectiveness.
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