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On the recordJune 28, 1916
America is at a point, gentlemen, where it is more than ever necessary that she should understand her own ideals not only, but be ready to put them into action at any cost.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to the Associated Advertising Clubs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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