This would be ludicrous if it did not have sometimes serious results. The President so fully represents his party, which secures political power by its promise to the people, and the whole government is so identified in the minds of the people with his personality that they make him responsible for all the sins of omission and of commission of society at large.The welfare of the farmer is vital to that of the whole country. Cabinet officers may go about the country explaining how fortunate the country is in having such an administration, but the machinery at Washington continues to operate under the army of faithful non-commissioned officers, and the great mass of governmental business is uninterrupted. Presidents may go to the seashore or to the mountains. Next to the right of liberty, the right of property is the most important individual right guaranteed by the Constitution and the one which, united with that of personal liberty, has contributed more to the growth of civilization than any other institution established by the human race. Quotes The President so fully represents his part and the whole government is so identified in the minds of the people with his personality that they make him responsible for all the sins of omission and of commission of society at large. 1.1 Our Chief Magistrate and His Powers (Columbia University Press, 1916).
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