Woodrow Wilson grounded US governance in a hierarchy of European noble races
Evidence
In order to trace the lineage of the European and American governments which have constituted the order of social life for those stronger and nobler races which have made the most notable progress in civilization, it is essential to know the political history of the Greeks, the Latins, the Teutons, and the Celts principally. — Deepa Kumar, Islamophobia and the Politics of Empire, 194
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Category: Factual Claims
- CANDY: A punchy line: the champion of self-determination wrote that US institutions trace to the stronger, nobler races of Greece, Rome, Teutons, and Celts.