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Woodrow Wilson: It consists, accordingly, not of principles newly invented, to be put into operation by means of devices originated for…

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It consists, accordingly, not of principles newly invented, to be put into operation by means of devices originated for the occasion, but of sound pieces of tested experience.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson argues that the Constitution is based on established experiences rather than new inventions.

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