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Opinion: Democracy Draws its Final Breaths

Opinion: Democracy Draws its Final Breaths

by | May 23, 2013 | Opinion

Nearly a century ago, Woodrow Wilson, one of the most famous US presidents in American history, signed a historic declaration which saw the United States entering World War I. To mark the occasion, he said: “The world must be made safe for democracy.” At the time, the...