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Woodrow Wilson: “Very well, that principle lies at the heart of this treaty.”

On the recordSeptember 7, 1919
Very well, that principle lies at the heart of this treaty.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Omaha Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska

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