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Out of the Unknown, that Great Voiceless Multitude

Posted on 20. November 2014 by admin

Where Woodrow Wilson says below “we have got to organize a government whose sympathies…” he makes me think of what I tried to do with Writeindependent.org. “A nation is as great, and only as great, as her rank and file. … Continue reading →

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Freedom Not Thralldom

Posted on 19. November 2014 by admin

Shall we submit to a monopolistic culture, to an authoritarian government that rules by strong-arming the public into submission? Woodrow Wilson says we shall not, and yet, what is being done? He falls short on his call to action. It … Continue reading →

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One Hundred Years Ago

Posted on 18. November 2014 by admin

Woodrow Wilson explains the problem with voting and money in politics from a hundred years ago. “All over the Union people are coming to feel that they have no control over the course of affairs. I live in one of … Continue reading →

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Who Runs Our Government?

Posted on 17. November 2014 by admin

Woodrow Wilson describes the troubling association between government and business. “One of the most alarming phenomena of the time, … one of the most significant signs of the new social era is the degree to which government has become associated … Continue reading →

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Canary in a Coal Mine

Posted on 16. November 2014 by admin

Woodrow Wilson makes a case for regulating corporations. “It was no business of the law in the time of Jefferson to come into my house and see how I kept house. But when my house, when my so-called private property, … Continue reading →

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Why Corporations Need to Be Regulated

Posted on 14. November 2014 by admin

In the following excerpt Woodrow Wilson makes a case for regulating corporations, for making their businesses open to scrutiny so that shareholders may see the scruples and values under which they operate. “There has come over the land that un-American … Continue reading →

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The big fellow and the little fellow

Posted on 13. November 2014 by admin

What this country needs is a leader who is willing to tell it like it is, but then to do something about it! It’s hard to believe that Woodrow Wilson published the following text 100 years ago, in 1913, when … Continue reading →

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Wilson 3

Posted on 12. November 2014 by admin

Woodrow Wilson goes on to explain the sad state of affairs of corporate unaccountability and of the large monopolies crushing smaller companies or absorbing them. “Now, do the workingmen employed by that stock corporation deal with its president and its … Continue reading →

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Wilson 2

Posted on 11. November 2014 by admin

Continued from yesterday’s post: Woodrow Wilson goes on to explain how differently men relate to one another, now that there are huge corporations… “Yesterday, and ever since history began, men were related to one another as individuals. To be sure … Continue reading →

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Woodrow Wilson in Review

Posted on 10. November 2014 by admin

Woodrow Wilson, the 28th President of the United States, witnessed the creation of the Federal Reserve. He was also President during the ratification of the Sixteenth Amendment, which allowed the federal government to tax income without regard to apportionment: “The … Continue reading →

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