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i've taken the time to provide links this time, so all you progressive apologists can't complain and say: "where's the link?"
we begin with a Woodrow W quote from 1903:
"the white men of the South were aroused by the mere instinct of self-preservation to rid themselves of the intolerable burden of governments sustained by the votes of ignorant n***s...every countryside wished to have its own KKK, surrounded by secrecy...until at last there had sprung into existence a great KKK, an invisible Empire of the South, bound together to protect the Southern country from some of the ugliest hazards of a time of revolution."
(source: The white men of the South were aroused by the mere instinct of self-preservation to rid themselves, by fair means or foul, of the intolerable burden of governments sustained by the votes of ignorant negroes and conducted in the interest of adventurers. - Woodrow Wilson - DumbocratQuotes.com )
Wilson's most egregious public racism was his embrace of DW Griffith's 1915 pro-Klan film Birth Of A Nation. the film was sprinkled with racist quotes from Wilson's writings and featured white actors in blackface portraying racist stereotypes of blacks. Wilson said of the film: "like writing history with lighting, and my only regret is that it's all so terribly true."
(source: The long-forgotten racial attitudes and policies of Woodrow Wilson » Professor Voices | Blog Archive | Boston University
of-woodrow-wilson/ )
in November 2015, WaPo columnist Richard Cohen penned an article titled "Wilson was Racist, but he deserves our understanding" here it is: Opinion | Woodrow Wilson was racist, but he deserves our understanding
Woodrow Wilson on capitalism v socialism:
"no line can be drawn between private and public affairs which the State may not cross at will; that omnipotence of legislation is the first postulate of all just political theory."
Wilson's scorn for the Constitution rings clear and strong. he even derided the US system of checks and balances. "No living thing can have its organs offset against each other, as checks...and live." he ridiculed the idea of individual rights:
"no doubt a great deal of nonsense has been talked about the inalienable rights of the individual, and a great deal that was mere vague sentiment and pleasing speculation has been put forward as a fundamental principle. however, the rights of man are easy to discourse of, but infinitely hard to translate into practice. such theories are never "law"'; no matter what the name or the formal authority of the document in which they are embodied"
( source: progressingamerica: Progressivism: nonsense has been talked about the inalienable rights of individuals )
"all the progressives ask is permission to interpret the constitution according to the Darwinian principle, all they ask is for recognition of the fact that a nation is a living thing and not a machine" - Wilson, 1912
Wilson was equally contemptuos of the Declaration of Independence, claiming: "if you want to understand the real Declaration Of Independence, do not repeat the preface that all men are created equal and have unalienable rights. the question is not whether all men are born free and equal or not, because we all know they are not"
Wilson argued that Americans "are not bound to adhere to the doctrines held by the signers of the Declaration, because we are as free as they are to make and unmake governments." Americans, he said, should not "worship men or a document.".....unless of course, that man was they worshipped was Woodrow Wilson!
(source: progressingamerica: Woodrow Wilson absolutely hated the principles of the Founding Fathers )
Wilson loathed "blind worship" of the constitution and thought veneration of the Founders prevented Americans from appreciating a "more glorious time to come"..."The progressive idea is to leave the past and press onward to something new" he said
(source: Did The Constitution Deliver? )
we begin with a Woodrow W quote from 1903:
"the white men of the South were aroused by the mere instinct of self-preservation to rid themselves of the intolerable burden of governments sustained by the votes of ignorant n***s...every countryside wished to have its own KKK, surrounded by secrecy...until at last there had sprung into existence a great KKK, an invisible Empire of the South, bound together to protect the Southern country from some of the ugliest hazards of a time of revolution."
(source: The white men of the South were aroused by the mere instinct of self-preservation to rid themselves, by fair means or foul, of the intolerable burden of governments sustained by the votes of ignorant negroes and conducted in the interest of adventurers. - Woodrow Wilson - DumbocratQuotes.com )
Wilson's most egregious public racism was his embrace of DW Griffith's 1915 pro-Klan film Birth Of A Nation. the film was sprinkled with racist quotes from Wilson's writings and featured white actors in blackface portraying racist stereotypes of blacks. Wilson said of the film: "like writing history with lighting, and my only regret is that it's all so terribly true."
(source: The long-forgotten racial attitudes and policies of Woodrow Wilson » Professor Voices | Blog Archive | Boston University
of-woodrow-wilson/ )
in November 2015, WaPo columnist Richard Cohen penned an article titled "Wilson was Racist, but he deserves our understanding" here it is: Opinion | Woodrow Wilson was racist, but he deserves our understanding
Woodrow Wilson on capitalism v socialism:
"no line can be drawn between private and public affairs which the State may not cross at will; that omnipotence of legislation is the first postulate of all just political theory."
Wilson's scorn for the Constitution rings clear and strong. he even derided the US system of checks and balances. "No living thing can have its organs offset against each other, as checks...and live." he ridiculed the idea of individual rights:
"no doubt a great deal of nonsense has been talked about the inalienable rights of the individual, and a great deal that was mere vague sentiment and pleasing speculation has been put forward as a fundamental principle. however, the rights of man are easy to discourse of, but infinitely hard to translate into practice. such theories are never "law"'; no matter what the name or the formal authority of the document in which they are embodied"
( source: progressingamerica: Progressivism: nonsense has been talked about the inalienable rights of individuals )
"all the progressives ask is permission to interpret the constitution according to the Darwinian principle, all they ask is for recognition of the fact that a nation is a living thing and not a machine" - Wilson, 1912
Wilson was equally contemptuos of the Declaration of Independence, claiming: "if you want to understand the real Declaration Of Independence, do not repeat the preface that all men are created equal and have unalienable rights. the question is not whether all men are born free and equal or not, because we all know they are not"
Wilson argued that Americans "are not bound to adhere to the doctrines held by the signers of the Declaration, because we are as free as they are to make and unmake governments." Americans, he said, should not "worship men or a document.".....unless of course, that man was they worshipped was Woodrow Wilson!
(source: progressingamerica: Woodrow Wilson absolutely hated the principles of the Founding Fathers )
Wilson loathed "blind worship" of the constitution and thought veneration of the Founders prevented Americans from appreciating a "more glorious time to come"..."The progressive idea is to leave the past and press onward to something new" he said
(source: Did The Constitution Deliver? )