Carolina QuotesGenerally young men are regarded as radicals. This is a popular misconception. The most conservative persons I ever met are college undergraduates. The radicals are the men past middle life.
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Speech in New York City, (19 Nov 1905), The Papers of Woodrow Wilson 16:228
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