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Woodrow Wilson: “There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace.”

On the recordJanuary 21, 1917
There must be, not a balance of power, but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common peace.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to the Senate of the United States: A World League for Peace

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