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On the recordFebruary 2, 1917
We are the sincere friends of the German people and earnestly desire to remain at peace with the Government which speaks for them.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress on the Severance of Diplomatic Relations with Germany

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