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Woodrow Wilson: When practised, not by small communities, but by wide nations, democracy, far from being a crude form of government, is…

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When practised, not by small communities, but by wide nations, democracy, far from being a crude form of government, is possible only amongst peoples of the highest and steadiest political habit.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson argues that democracy requires a high level of political maturity among nations.

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