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Woodrow Wilson: This is a year of political accounting, and the Americans in politics are rather expert accountants.

On the recordJanuary 26, 1916
This is a year of political accounting, and the Americans in politics are rather expert accountants.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to the Seventh Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association in New York City

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