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Woodrow Wilson: The people who successfully maintain such a government must have gone through a period of political training which shall…

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The people who successfully maintain such a government must have gone through a period of political training which shall have prepared them by gradual steps of acquired privilege for assuming the entire control of their affairs.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson discusses the necessary political training for citizens to effectively govern themselves.

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