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We have supposed that our President was great because his powers were specific, and that our Congress was not supreme because it could not lay its hands directly upon his office and turn him out.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “We have supposed that our President was great because his powers were specific, and that our Congress was not supreme…”
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Wilson critiques the perceived separation of powers between the President and Congress, suggesting that this arrangement may not serve democracy well.
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