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Woodrow Wilson: “Justice and right and big things, and in these circumstances they are big with difficulty.”

On the recordJanuary 3, 1919
Justice and right and big things, and in these circumstances they are big with difficulty.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks to the Press Representatives in Rome, Italy

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