It is a much-tempered instrument, but for that reason all the more flexible and useful.
Woodrow Wilson: “It is a much-tempered instrument, but for that reason all the more flexible and useful.”
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Wilson describes the veto as a flexible tool that can adapt to the needs of governance.
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