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Woodrow Wilson: Never before was consistent leadership so necessary; never before was it necessary to concert measures over areas so…

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Never before was consistent leadership so necessary; never before was it necessary to concert measures over areas so vast, to adjust laws to so many interests, to make a compact and intelligible unit out of so many fractions, to maintain a central and dominant force where there are so many forces.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson emphasizes the importance of cohesive leadership in a complex political landscape.

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