01/05/1919
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"The most dangerous thing for a bad cause is to expose it to the opinion of the world."
"Every man regards his own advice as best, and I dare say every man mixes his own advice with some thought of his own interest."
"I ordered their sons being put in the most difficult parts of the battle line, where death was certain, as in the impenetrable difficulties of the forest of Argonne."
"There is no validity in a vote, either by the council or the assembly, in which we do not concur."