LAD #28: Wilson's First Inaugural

Woodrow Wilson starts off with discussing the governments change to favor the democratic party. He says the nation needs the democrats to change the nation- the nations point of view needs changing. The nation has good and bad aspects to it, which he lists. For example, the structure of the government is great, but bad things like human suffering brought on by the economic expansion of the nation were extremely negative effects of the government. According to Wilson, the government needs to fix its wrong doings brought on by industrialization. Issues that need resolving are the bank, the tariff, the agriculture and the industry. Natural resources are being exploited so they also need to be preserved. The governments job is to protect its people and they will do that with sanitation laws, pure food laws, and labor laws. He ends with "Today is not a day of triumph; it is a day of dedication."