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Woodrow Wilson: “But they have been sovereigns none the less; they, and not the community over which they presided.”

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But they have been sovereigns none the less; they, and not the community over which they presided.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson acknowledges that sovereigns hold power over the community, despite being subject to it.

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