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We have to accept rumors concerning them, we have to know them through the variously colored accounts of others; we can seldom test our impressions of their sincerity by standing with them face to face.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “We have to accept rumors concerning them, we have to know them through the variously colored accounts of others; we can…”
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Wilson points out that citizens often rely on rumors and secondhand accounts to understand their leaders, rather than direct interaction.
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