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Woodrow Wilson: “But every added element of variety, particularly every added element of foreign variety, complicates even the simpler…”

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But every added element of variety, particularly every added element of foreign variety, complicates even the simpler questions of politics.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson reflects on the complexities introduced by diversity in political systems.

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