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Woodrow Wilson: As for the Executive, that is the agent, not the organ, of sovereignty.

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As for the Executive, that is the agent, not the organ, of sovereignty.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson clarifies that the Executive is an agent of sovereignty, not its embodiment.

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