Carolina QuotesRADICAL—one who goes too far. CONSERVATIVE—one who does not go far enough. REACTIONARY—one who does not go at all.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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Speech to Kansas Society of New York (23 January 1911) — Wilson's definition of different groups, PWW 22:389
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