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Woodrow Wilson: “If you suspect your friend of being a fool, the best way you can prove it or disprove it is by advising him to hire a…”

On the recordSeptember 11, 1919
If you suspect your friend of being a fool, the best way you can prove it or disprove it is by advising him to hire a hall.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the Spokane Armory in Spokane, Washington

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