Woodrow Wilson: “Liberty is often a fierce and intractable thing, to which no bounds…”

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Liberty is often a fierce and intractable thing, to which no bounds can be set, and to which no bounds of a few men's choosing ought ever to be set.

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Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson describes liberty as a powerful and unbounded concept that should not be restricted.

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Woodrow Wilson: “Liberty is often a fierce and intractable thing, to which no bounds can be set, and to which no bounds of a few men's…”