• The history of liberty is the history of the limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. When we resist the concentration of power we are resisting the powers of death. Concentration of power precedes the destruction of human liberties.

  Woodrow Wilson
  American president 1856-1924
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1. concentration
2. destruction
3. liberties
4. powers
5. death
6. human

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The history of liberty is the history of the limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it. When we resist the concentration of power we are resisting the powers of death. Concentration of power precedes the destruction of human liberties. by : Woodrow Wilson

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