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Woodrow Wilson: I was seeking to compose the present in order to safeguard the future.

On the recordAugust 28, 1916
I was seeking to compose the present in order to safeguard the future.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress on the Demands of Railway Employees

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