Carolina QuotesYou know that it was Jefferson who said that the best government is that which does as little governing as possible…. But that time is passed. America is not now and cannot in the future be a place for unrestricted individual enterprise.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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“Campaign Address in Scranton, Penn.,” (September 23, 1912)
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- 1912
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