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Woodrow Wilson: “Our separation from our leaders is the greater peril, because democratic government more than any other needs…”

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Our separation from our leaders is the greater peril, because democratic government more than any other needs organization in order to escape disintegration; and it can have organization only by full knowledge of its leaders and full confidence in them.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson warns that the separation from leaders poses a greater risk to democratic government, which relies on organization and trust.

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