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Woodrow Wilson: We cannot afford to lose a single summer's day by not doing all that we can to mitigate the winter's suffering.

On the recordAugust 18, 1919
We cannot afford to lose a single summer's day by not doing all that we can to mitigate the winter's suffering.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate

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