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On the recordDecember 6, 1920
Democracy is an assertion of the right of the individual to live and to be treated justly as against any attempt on the part of any combination of individuals to make laws which will overburden him or which will destroy his equality among his fellows in the matter of right or privilege.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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8th Annual Message

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