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Woodrow Wilson: “This determinate body of persons, the free population, is always present, and always has been present, under all…”

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This determinate body of persons, the free population, is always present, and always has been present, under all constitutions.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson asserts that the free population has always been a constant presence in governance.

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