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We never have had, and while we retain our present principles and ideals we never shall have, a large standing army.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “We never have had, and while we retain our present principles and ideals we never shall have, a large standing army.”
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Wilson asserts that the U.S. will not maintain a large standing army as long as its principles and ideals are upheld.
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