Wilson, Woodrow (1885): "Congressional Government".
Side 284: "It is, therefore, manifestly a radical defect in our federal system that it parcels out power and confuses responsibility as it does. The main purpose of the Convention of 1787 seems to have been to accomplish this grievous mistake. The "literary theory" of checks and balances is simply a consistent account of what our constitution-makers tried to do; and those checks and balances have proved mischievous just to the extent to which they have succeeded in establishing themselves as realities."
Wilson skildrede den parlamentarisk styreform i Storbritannien i positive vendinger:
Wilson, Woodrow (1885): "Congressional Government, s. 116; "The difference between our device and the British is that we have a Standing Committee, drawn from both parties, for the consideration of each topic of legislation, whereas our English cousins have but a single standing committee that is charged with the origination of legislation,—a committee composed of the men who are recognized as the leaders of the party dominant in the state, and who serve at the same time as the political heads of the executive departments of the government (..)"
Wilson, Woodrow (1885): "Congressional Government".
Side 52: "The balances of the Constitution are for the most part only ideal. For all practical purposes the national government is supreme over the state governments, and Congress predominant over its so-called coördinate branches."
Wilson, Woodrow (1885): "Congressional Government".
Side 238: "All through the direct dealings of the Senate with the President there runs this characteristic spirit of irresponsible dictation. The President may tire the Senate by dogged persistence, but he can never deal with it upon a ground of real equality."
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O'Reilly, Kenneth (1997). "The Jim Crow Policies of Woodrow Wilson". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (17): s. 117–121. doi:10.2307/2963252. ISSN1077-3711. JSTOR2963252.
O'Reilly, Kenneth (1997). "The Jim Crow Policies of Woodrow Wilson". The Journal of Blacks in Higher Education (17): s. 117–121. doi:10.2307/2963252. ISSN1077-3711. JSTOR2963252.
