The procedure and the prerogatives of authority have been agreed upon; liberty has encroached upon sovereignty and set bounds to it.
Woodrow Wilson: “The procedure and the prerogatives of authority have been agreed upon; liberty has encroached upon sovereignty and set…”
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Wilson notes that as liberty has increased, it has imposed limits on sovereign authority.
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