...the politics of the nation. We can never again hide our President as a mere domestic officer. . . . He must stand always at the front of our affairs and...big and as influential as the man who occupies it." CENTERING POWER AND RESPONSIBIILTY We may summarize, then, almost in his own words Mr. Wilson's views...

...one of the great powers of the world, whether he act greatly or wisely or not, and the best statesman we can produce will be needed to fill the office of...big and as influential as the man who occupies it." There again the reference to the man making the Presidency and not the Presidency making the man. That...

...one of the great powers of the world, whether he act greatly or wisely or not, and the best statesman we can produce will be needed to fill the office of...big and as influential as the man who occupies it." There again the reference to the man making the Presidency and not the Presidency making the man. That...

...Constitution; it is only inconsistent with a very mechanical theory of its meaning and intention. . . . We can never again see him the mere executive he was...big and as influential as the man who occupies it." Immediately after his inauguration in 1913 Mr. Wilson proceeded to put his theories into practice....

...sure of, their truthfulness and sincerity, suspecting a hidden design under every utterance he makes. Our President must always, henceforth, be one of the...the makers of the Constitution the President was to bo tho legal executive; perhaps the leader of the nation ; certainly not the leader of the party, at...

...be needed to fill the office of Secretary of State. We have but begun to see the presidential oflice in this light; but it is the light which will more...makers of the Constitution the President was to be the legal executive ; perhaps the leader of the nation ; certainly not the leader of the party, at...

...the politics of the nation. We can never again hide our President as a mere domestic officer. . . . He must stand always at the front of our affairs and...big and as influential as the man who occupies it." CENTERING POWER AND RESPONSIBIILTY We may summarize, then, almost in his own words Mr. Wilson's views...

...him "virtually the power to control them absolutely." In sum, Wilson maintained that the executive "office will be as big and as influential as the man who occupies it."2 Wilson brought this latter perspective, as well as a "conviction that his decisions were guided...

...to the masses and convert them, and thus keep Congress honest. Wilson explained that the president "must stand always at the front of our affairs, and...as big and as influential as the man who occupies it."18 This confidence in presidential leadership also indicated his belief that educated popular opinion...