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Woodrow Wilson: In order really to know anything about government, you must see it alive; and the object of the writer on politics…

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In order really to know anything about government, you must see it alive; and the object of the writer on politics should be nothing less than this, to paint government to the life, to make it live again upon his page.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson emphasizes the importance of experiencing government in action to truly understand it.

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