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Our written constitutions are only very formal statements of the standards to which the people, upon whom government depends for support, will hold those who exercise the sovereign power.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “Our written constitutions are only very formal statements of the standards to which the people, upon whom government…”
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Wilson argues that written constitutions serve as formal expressions of the standards expected from those in power by the populace.
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