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Woodrow Wilson: But, after all, progress is motion, government is action.

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But, after all, progress is motion, government is action.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson asserts that true progress requires active governance rather than mere existence.

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