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Woodrow Wilson: Our safety would be at an end, our honor forever sullied and brought into contempt, were we to permit their triumph.

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Our safety would be at an end, our honor forever sullied and brought into contempt, were we to permit their triumph.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson warns that allowing adversaries to succeed would jeopardize national safety and honor.

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