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Woodrow Wilson: “They may require as much political capacity for their proper solution as any that confronted the architects of our…”

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They may require as much political capacity for their proper solution as any that confronted the architects of our government.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson suggests that addressing new political problems may require as much skill and insight as those needed by the founders of American government.

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