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Woodrow Wilson: It is a noteworthy fact that the admiration for our institutions which has during the past few years so suddenly grown…

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It is a noteworthy fact that the admiration for our institutions which has during the past few years so suddenly grown to large proportions among publicists abroad is almost all of it directed to the restraints we have effected upon the action of government.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson notes the growing admiration for American institutions, particularly their checks on government power.

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