Our first Progressive President, Woodrow Wilson, hated the Founding Fathers – and their documents expressing their Liberty and limited government philosophy:
Hence Wilson argued that the old “Newtonian” vision – fixed rules enshrined in the Constitution and laws – had to give way to the “Darwinian” view of “living constitutions” and the like.
“Government,” Wilson wrote approvingly in his magnum opus, “The State,” “does now whatever experience permits or the times demand.” “No doubt,” he wrote elsewhere, taking dead aim at the Declaration of Independence, “a lot 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 fundamental principle.”
In his 1890 essay, “Leaders of Men,” Wilson explained that a “true leader” uses the masses like “tools.” He must inflame their passions with little heed for the facts. “Men are as clay in the hands of the consummate leader.”
Obama has ruled this way – Hillary will be no different. Sadly, there are Republicans who believe in the exact same philosophy: “Do as you are told.”
(H/T: Jonah Goldberg via RedState)
