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Woodrow Wilson: The entrance examination, to use my own parlance, into my confidence is, 'Where do you put America in your thoughts? Do…

On the recordSeptember 8, 1919
The entrance examination, to use my own parlance, into my confidence is, 'Where do you put America in your thoughts? Do you put it first, always first, unquestionably first?'
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the St. Paul Auditorium in St. Paul, Minnesota

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