“I know that the government of the United States is not a free instrument, and that it is our duty to set it free. Very well, set it free from whom? And how set it free? … I have always been impatient of the talk of abstract propositions. That may seem a strange statement to be made by a man whose opponents whenever they can’t answer his arguments call him “academic,” but I have always been opposed to the mere presentation to audiences of the abstract conceptions of government. Of course, this was intended to be a government of free citizens and of equal opportunity, but how are we going to make it such?”
I believe Woodrow Wilson was trying to explain that it is up to those who work in government to make everything free and better for society. He is against unusual aspects of government and has wanted things to be kept simple. The government was intended to be of free citizens and that all opportunities should be equally distributed. His question was how was all this going to be done. He was a big believer of democracy; he wanted cities and laws to remain the same. He wanted equal opportunities.
I choose this quote, because Wilson understood the true meaning of Democracy. The fact that he wanted equal opportunity and a government of free citizens is the meaning of true democracy. The issue was how he was going to make it happen; well I believe that till this day it has not been figured out. There are many flaws, that take away opportunities and for citizens to feel free.
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