Woodrow Wilson, Inaugural Address Online by Gerhard Peters and John T. Woolley, The American Presidency Project https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/node/207579 The four years which have elapsed since last I stood in this place
CHAPTER 1. THE PROBABLE ORIGIN OF GOVERNMENT. 1. Nature of the Question.—The probable origin of government is a question of fact, to be settled, not by conjecture, but by history.
It is common to think of the Declaration of Independence as a highly speculative document; but no one can think it so who has read it. It is a strong,
Source: Woodrow Wilson, Constitutional Government in the United States (New York: Columbia University Press, 1908), 54–62. It is difficult to describe any single part of a great governmental system without
Wilson, Woodrow. Constitutional Government in the United States. United States: Columbia University Press, 1908. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Constitutional_Government _in_the_United/CsWh4c7X-Y0C?hl=en&gbpv=1&printsec=frontcover#v=onepage&q&f=true Prefatory Note These lectures are not intended as a systematic discussion of the character and operation of the government
Congress always makes what haste it can to legislate. It is the prime object of its rules to expedite law-making. Its customs are fruits of its characteristic diligence in enactment.
The Government of the United States is not unmindful of the extraordinary conditions created by this war or of the radical alterations of circumstance and method of attack produced by
The Government of the United State views those possibilities with such grave concern that it feels it to be its privilege, and, indeed, its duty, in the circumstances, to request
Gentleman of the Congress:It is my duty to call your attention to a situation which has arisen in our dealings with General Victoriano Huerta at Mexico City which calls for
We are informed that at the request of the last administration a certain group of American bankers undertook to participate in the loan now desired by the government of China
