The thought of the plain people here and everywhere throughout the world, the people who enjoy no privilege and have very simple and unsophisticated standards of right and wrong, is the air all governments must henceforth breathe if they would live.
Wilson emphasizes that governments must consider the perspectives of ordinary people to remain legitimate.
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