Liberty has never come from... by Woodrow Wilson, an American President

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“Liberty has never come from Government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.”

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Name: Woodrow Wilson

Nationality: American

Date of Birth: Dec 28, 1856

Date of Death: Feb 3, 1924

Profession: President

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