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Woodrow Wilson: Written constitutions are simply more or less successful generalizations of political experience.

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Written constitutions are simply more or less successful generalizations of political experience.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson describes written constitutions as reflections of political experiences rather than original ideas.

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