Carolina QuotesProgressiveness is not confined to one party, but the distinction between progressiveness and standstillism is more marked in the Republican party than in the Democratic party. This is due to the fact that the Republican party has always been more closely allied with the special interests, so that when the progressive spirit developed there it was more noticeable. The cleavage between the two factions in the Republican party, therefore, is very marked. The cleavage between the two elements in the Democratic party is not so clearly marked, because the Democratic party has always been the more progressive party of the two.
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From “An Interview in Indianapolis” April 13, 1911, printed in “The Papers of Woodrow Wilson” Edited by Arthur S. Link, Volume 22: 1910-1911, Princeton University Press 1976, P.556
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