Political Quotes

On the recordOctober 24, 1918
No scruple of taste must in grim times like these be allowed to stand in the way of speaking the plain truth.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Statement Appealing to the Nation for Support in the 1918 Congressional Election

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