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Woodrow Wilson: The world will not permit the commission of similar wrongs as a means of reparation and settlement.

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The world will not permit the commission of similar wrongs as a means of reparation and settlement.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson asserts that the world will not accept wrongs as a means of achieving peace and settlement.

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