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Woodrow Wilson: “Questions of vast importance and infinite delicacy have constantly to be dealt with by Congress; and there is an evident…”

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Questions of vast importance and infinite delicacy have constantly to be dealt with by Congress; and there is an evident tendency to widen the range of those questions.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson highlights the complexity and importance of issues Congress must address.

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