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Woodrow Wilson: Exclusive privilege needs privacy, but cannot have it.

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Exclusive privilege needs privacy, but cannot have it.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson suggests that exclusive privileges require secrecy, which is impossible in an age of widespread information.

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