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Government lives in the origination, not in the defeat, of measures of government.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Government lives in the origination, not in the defeat, of measures of government.”
Editor's note · Context
Wilson asserts that effective governance is rooted in the initiation of policies rather than their failure.
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