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Woodrow Wilson: We did not set this government up that we might have a selfish and separate liberty, for we are now ready to come to…

On the recordMay 29, 1917
We did not set this government up that we might have a selfish and separate liberty, for we are now ready to come to your assistance and fight out upon the field of the world the cause of human liberty.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Memorial Day Address at Arlington National Cemetery

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