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Woodrow Wilson: “It is an organic principle,--a principle of life, renewing and being renewed.”

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It is an organic principle,--a principle of life, renewing and being renewed.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson describes liberty as an organic principle that is constantly renewed and revitalized.

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