We are all bound in conscience, and all public officers are bound in oath, not to remain neutral with regard to the maintenance of the law and the vindication of the right.
Woodrow Wilson: “We are all bound in conscience, and all public officers are bound in oath, not to remain neutral with regard to the…”
On the recordSeptember 18, 1919
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Address in San Diego, California
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