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Woodrow Wilson: If we do not rise to the expectation of the world and satisfy the souls of great peoples like the people of Italy, we…

On the recordJanuary 3, 1919
If we do not rise to the expectation of the world and satisfy the souls of great peoples like the people of Italy, we shall have the most unenviable distinction in history.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks to the Press Representatives in Rome, Italy

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