09/04/1919
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"The arbitrary power of the military caste of Germany which once could secretly and of its own single choice disturb the peace of the world is discredited and destroyed."
"I have no thought of suggesting that any political party is paramount in matters of patriotism."
"No scruple of taste must in grim times like these be allowed to stand in the way of speaking the plain truth."
"Unity of command is as necessary now in civil action as it is upon the field of battle."