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Woodrow Wilson: “We can not merely sign a treaty of peace and go home with clear consciences.”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1919
We can not merely sign a treaty of peace and go home with clear consciences.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at the Palazzo Marino in Milan, Italy

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