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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... despot , a much greater force behind the Presi- dent of the United States , than behind the Czar of Russia . The difference lies in the display of coercive power . Physical force is the prop of both , though in the one it is the last ...
... despot , a much greater force behind the Presi- dent of the United States , than behind the Czar of Russia . The difference lies in the display of coercive power . Physical force is the prop of both , though in the one it is the last ...
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... despot ven- ture to change the customs of the conquered land . Its native laws he no more dared to touch than would a prince of the dynasty which he had dis- placed . He dared not play with the forces latent in the prejudices , the fa ...
... despot ven- ture to change the customs of the conquered land . Its native laws he no more dared to touch than would a prince of the dynasty which he had dis- placed . He dared not play with the forces latent in the prejudices , the fa ...
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... despot must rec- ognize certain ultimate limits and bounds ; and clear reason why sudden or violent changes of government lead to equally violent and often fatal re- action and revolution . It is only the exceptional individual who is ...
... despot must rec- ognize certain ultimate limits and bounds ; and clear reason why sudden or violent changes of government lead to equally violent and often fatal re- action and revolution . It is only the exceptional individual who is ...
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... despot : and their insolence is always quick to goad the many to hot revolution . To this revolution succeeds Democracy . But Democracy too has its old age of de- generacy - an old age in which it loses its early respect for law , its ...
... despot : and their insolence is always quick to goad the many to hot revolution . To this revolution succeeds Democracy . But Democracy too has its old age of de- generacy - an old age in which it loses its early respect for law , its ...
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... despot issued edicts - imperative commands cov- ering particular cases or affecting particular individuals : the Roman em- perors were among the first to promulgate ' constitutions , ' — general rules of law to be applied universally ...
... despot issued edicts - imperative commands cov- ering particular cases or affecting particular individuals : the Roman em- perors were among the first to promulgate ' constitutions , ' — general rules of law to be applied universally ...
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