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He further expanded on this idea during the [[United States presidential election, 1912]], as a part of his "New Freedom" program that:

He further expanded on this idea during the [[United States presidential election, 1912]], as a part of his "New Freedom" program that:

<blockquote>All that progressives ask or desire is permission-in an era when "development," "evolution," is the scientific word-to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle; all they ask is recognition of the fact that a nation is a living thing and not a machine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woodrow Wilson Asks "What Is Progress?" |url=http://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/woodrow-wilson-asks-what-is-progress |work=[[Heritage Foundation]]}}</ref><ref>[http://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2016/05/05/editorial/uncategorized/wilson-pave-road-hell/ Wilson paved the road to hell]</ref></blockquote>

<blockquote>All that progressives ask or desire is permission-in an era when "development," "evolution," is the scientific word-to interpret the Constitution according to the Darwinian principle; all they ask is recognition of the fact that a nation is a living thing and not a machine.<ref>{{cite web |title=Woodrow Wilson Asks "What Is Progress?" |url=https://www.heritage.org/initiatives/first-principles/primary-sources/woodrow-wilson-asks-what-is-progress |work=[[Heritage Foundation]]}}</ref><ref>[https://www.conservativenewsandviews.com/2016/05/05/editorial/uncategorized/wilson-pave-road-hell/ Wilson paved the road to hell]</ref></blockquote>

[[Herbert Croly]], another early and influential leader of progressive thought, wrote in his book [[The Promise of American Life]] of the opportunity that the Federal judiciary offered for altering the immutability of the Constitution:<ref name=twilight>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gXVGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism]</ref>

[[Herbert Croly]], another early and influential leader of progressive thought, wrote in his book [[The Promise of American Life]] of the opportunity that the Federal judiciary offered for altering the immutability of the Constitution:<ref name=twilight>[https://books.google.com/books?id=gXVGAAAAQBAJ&pg=PA135 The American State from the Civil War to the New Deal: The Twilight of Constitutionalism and the Triumph of Progressivism]</ref>

==External links==

==External links==

* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119457845606187586 A 'Living' Constitution and Original Intent], [[Wall Street Journal]]

* [https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB119457845606187586 A 'Living' Constitution and Original Intent], [[Wall Street Journal]]

* [http://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/11/the-birth-of-the-administrative-state-where-it-came-from-and-what-it-means-for-limited-government The Birth of the Administrative State: Where It Came From and What It Means for Limited Government], [[Heritage Foundation]]

* [https://www.heritage.org/research/reports/2007/11/the-birth-of-the-administrative-state-where-it-came-from-and-what-it-means-for-limited-government The Birth of the Administrative State: Where It Came From and What It Means for Limited Government], [[Heritage Foundation]]

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