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Woodrow Wilson: The competitions of business either lay the foundations of respect and mutual confidence or the foundations of suspicion…

On the recordSeptember 24, 1916
The competitions of business either lay the foundations of respect and mutual confidence or the foundations of suspicion and mutual hostility.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address Before the Grain Dealers Association in Baltimore, Maryland

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