Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business, its activities, or its moralities are concerned. They are not units but fractions; with their individuality and independence of choice in matters of business they have lost all their individual choice within the field of morals.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Annual address, American Bar Association, Chattanooga (31 August 1910)
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- 1910
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“Most men are individuals no longer so far as their business,…” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-3AAE349537. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/3aae349537
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