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" The President is at liberty, both in law and conscience, to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit; and if Congress be overborne by him, it will be no fault of the makers of the Constitution, — it will be from no lack of constitutional... "
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Outlook and Independent, Volume 90

1908 - 1066 pages
...to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit ; and if Congress be overborne by him, it will be no fault of the makers of the Constitution,...President has the Nation behind him and Congress has not. He has no means of compel1 Italics our own. ling Congress except through public opinion." This is what...
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The Forum, Volume 51

Lorettus Sutton Metcalf, Walter Hines Page, Joseph Mayer Rice, Frederic Taber Cooper, Arthur Hooley, George Henry Payne, Henry Goddard Leach, D. G. Redmond - 1914 - 988 pages
...to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit; and if Congress be overborne by him, it will be no fault of the makers of the constitution,...President has the nation behind him, and Congress has not. He has no means of compelling Congress except through public opinion." (P. 70.) The significance of...
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Constitutional Government in the United States

Woodrow Wilson - 1908 - 264 pages
...to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit; and if Congress be overborne by him, it will be no fault of the makers of the Constitution,...President has the nation behind him, and Congress has not. He has no means of compelling Congress except through public opinion. That I say he has no means of...
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Handwörterbuch der lateinischen Sprache, Volume 1

Reinhold Klotz - 1915 - 726 pages
...to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit; and if Congress be overborne by him it will be no fault of the makers of the Constitution,...President has the Nation behind him and Congress has not. He has no means of compelling Congress except through public opinion. "That I say he has no means of...
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The President of the United States

Woodrow Wilson - 1916 - 88 pages
...to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit; and if Congress be overborne by him, it will be no fault of the makers of the Constitution,...President has the nation behind him, and Congress has not. He has no means of compelling Congress except through public opinion. That I say he has no means of...
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The World's Work, Volume 31

1916 - 736 pages
...to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit ; and if Congress be overborne by him, it will be no fault of the makers of the Constitution...President has the Nation behind him, and Congress has not. He has no means of compelling Congress except through public opinion." Under the system as it stands...
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The True Story of Woodrow Wilson

David Lawrence - 1924 - 384 pages
...to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit ; and if Congress be overborne by him, it will be no fault of the makers of the Constitution...President has the nation behind him and Congress has not. He has no means of compelling Congress except through public opinion." Perhaps the most interesting...
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Readings in American Government

James Kerr Pollock - 1927 - 384 pages
...to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit ; and if Congress be overborne by him, it will be no fault of the makers of the Constitution,...the nation behind him, and „ \ Congress has not. He has no means of compelling Con' gress except through public opinion. That I say he has no means...
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Gateway, Volume 11

1908 - 272 pages
...to be as big a man as he can. His capacity will set the limit: and if congress be overborne by him it will be no fault of the makers of the constitution—...president has the nation behind him, and congress has not. He has no means of compelling congress except through public opinion. Mon«litnor John H. Fox. \ I.-nr-«;,-ui-r"l...
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The Presidential Republic: Executive Representation and Deliberative Democracy

Gary L. Gregg - 1997 - 266 pages
...power, but the only limit will be the officeholders' own capacity; "and if Congress be overborne by him, it will be no fault of the makers of the constitution,...has the nation behind him, and Congress has not." The presidency is essentially formless, holding the position that facilitates leadership but nearly...
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