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Woodrow Wilson: It is the first great international agreement in the history of mankind where the principle adopted has been, not the…

On the recordSeptember 5, 1919
It is the first great international agreement in the history of mankind where the principle adopted has been, not the power of the strong but the right of the weak.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at Convention Hall in Kansas City, Missouri

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