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Questions of government are infinitely complex questions, and no multitude can of themselves form clear-cut, comprehensive, consistent conclusions touching them.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Questions of government are infinitely complex questions, and no multitude can of themselves form clear-cut…”
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Wilson highlights the complexity of government issues that cannot be resolved by the masses alone.
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