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Woodrow Wilson: It was a prime necessity in so complex a structure that bounds should be set to authority.

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It was a prime necessity in so complex a structure that bounds should be set to authority.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson highlights the necessity of setting boundaries on authority within a complex governmental structure.

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