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Woodrow Wilson: But they cannot and must not be righted by the commission of similar wrongs against Germany and her allies.

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But they cannot and must not be righted by the commission of similar wrongs against Germany and her allies.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson warns against rectifying past wrongs with further injustices towards Germany and its allies.

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