On the recordApril 1, 1917
Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication of right, of human right, of which we are only a single champion.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWoodrow Wilson: “Our motive will not be revenge or the victorious assertion of the physical might of the nation, but only the vindication…”
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Address to a Joint Session of Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Against Germany
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