[Bigun]

Wilson and FDR did more to establish the concept of a big, intrusive government than anyone else.

The did plenty to be sure but the fellow who opened the doors through which they walked is none other than Mr. Lincoln and his entourage of leaders of failed socialist revolutions in Europe half a generation earlier who had left their countries one step ahead of the hangman and came here. Unfortunately, they did not leave their ideologies behind!

[Non-Sequitur]

...but the fellow who opened the doors through which they walked is none other than Mr. Lincoln and his entourage of leaders of failed socialist revolutions in Europe half a generation earlier who had left their countries one step ahead of the hangman and came here.

How exactly?