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Woodrow Wilson: If I can not retain my moral influence over a man except by occasionally knocking him down, if that is the only basis…

On the recordMay 14, 1916
If I can not retain my moral influence over a man except by occasionally knocking him down, if that is the only basis upon which he will respect me, then for the sake of his soul I have got occasionally to knock him down.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the National Press Club

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