Woodrow Wilson: The Essential Political WritingsLexington Books, 6. 6. 2005. - 268 страница Woodrow Wilson's contribution to American foreign policy is well known, but his role in the development of American political thought and institutions is less recognized. In this volume, Wilson scholar Ronald J. Pestritto presents and introduces the statesman and president's seminal essays on such topics as: state theory; the idea of political liberty and the purpose of government; reform of Congress, the presidency, and political parties; and leadership in politics and administration. This collection makes available in a single volume the most relevant political speeches and writings of this important American leader. It will serve students and scholars as both useful teaching tool and invaluable reference source on the twenty-eighth president of the United States. |
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... affairs . " Because the House " has greatly weakened itself as an organ of public opinion , " the president's connection to the people must be developed and strengthened . 48 As had his arguments concerning Congress , Wilson's new ...
... affairs . " Because the House " has greatly weakened itself as an organ of public opinion , " the president's connection to the people must be developed and strengthened . 48 As had his arguments concerning Congress , Wilson's new ...
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... affairs is not as important as his having a forceful personality and other qual- ities of popular leadership . Wilson wrote that America needs " a man who will be and who will seem to the country in some sort an embodiment of the ...
... affairs is not as important as his having a forceful personality and other qual- ities of popular leadership . Wilson wrote that America needs " a man who will be and who will seem to the country in some sort an embodiment of the ...
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... affairs , the president must lead America's politics in a direction that adapts itself to the changing sentiments and interests of the public mind . If the president is to provide the kind of coordination and leadership that Wil- son ...
... affairs , the president must lead America's politics in a direction that adapts itself to the changing sentiments and interests of the public mind . If the president is to provide the kind of coordination and leadership that Wil- son ...
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... affairs could be brought to an end without mutual extermination , namely , by common consent , by men's " agreeing together mutually to en- ter into one community and make one body politic . " ( Locke . ) This agree- ment meant ...
... affairs could be brought to an end without mutual extermination , namely , by common consent , by men's " agreeing together mutually to en- ter into one community and make one body politic . " ( Locke . ) This agree- ment meant ...
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... affair of reli- gion . For every detail of conduct he was accountable to his gods and to the religious sentiment of his own people . To tolerate any practices different from those which were sanctioned by the immemorial usage of the ...
... affair of reli- gion . For every detail of conduct he was accountable to his gods and to the religious sentiment of his own people . To tolerate any practices different from those which were sanctioned by the immemorial usage of the ...
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