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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

Editor's note · Context

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

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