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Woodrow Wilson: We are the trustees of humanity, and we must see that we redeem the pledges which are always implicit in so great a…

On the recordSeptember 16, 1919
We are the trustees of humanity, and we must see that we redeem the pledges which are always implicit in so great a trusteeship.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at a Luncheon at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California

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