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Liberty is not something that can be created by a document; neither is it something which, when created, can be laid away in a document, a completed work.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Liberty is not something that can be created by a document; neither is it something which, when created, can be laid…”
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Wilson posits that liberty cannot be created or contained within a document, highlighting its dynamic nature.
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