A radical is one of whom people say "He goes too far." A conservative, on the other hand, is one who "doesn't go far enough." Then there is the reactionary, "one who doesn't go at all." All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have coined the term "progressive." I should say that a progressive is one who insists upon recognizing new facts as they present themselves -- one who adjusts legislation to these new facts.

Famous Quotes / Woodrow T. Wilson

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Woodrow T. Wilson: "A radical is one of whom people say "He goes too far." A conservative, on the other hand, is one who "doesn't go far enough." Then there is the reactionary, "one who doesn't go at all." All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have coined the term "progressive." I should say that a progressive is one who insists upon recognizing new facts as they present themselves -- one who adjusts legislation to these new facts."

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Facts	Goes	Hand	Insists
Legislation	Objectionable	Other	People
Present	Progressive	Radical	Reactionary
Recognizing	Term	Terms	Themselves
These	Upon	Wherefore	Whom

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A radical is one of whom people say "He goes too far." A conservative, on the other hand, is one who "doesn't go far enough." Then there is the reactionary, "one who doesn't go at all." All these terms are more or less objectionable, wherefore we have coined the term "progressive." I should say that a progressive is one who insists upon recognizing new facts as they present themselves -- one who adjusts legislation to these new facts. - Woodrow T. Wilson