Remarks to the French Senate in Paris
01/19/1919
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America will not bring glory to herself, but disgrace, by following the beaten paths of history.
I am not afraid of the verdict.
I want you to take these great engines of force out onto the seas like adventurers enlisted for the elevation of the spirit of the human rac...
You are not serving a government, gentlemen; you are serving a people.