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On the recordNovember 10, 1918
Armed imperialism such as the men conceived who were but yesterday the masters of Germany is at an end, its illicit ambitions engulfed in black disaster.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress Concerning the Terms of Armistice Signed by Germany

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