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Woodrow Wilson: The heart and center of this treaty is that it sets at liberty people all over Europe and in Asia who had hitherto been…

On the recordSeptember 18, 1919
The heart and center of this treaty is that it sets at liberty people all over Europe and in Asia who had hitherto been enslaved by powers which were not their rightful sovereigns and masters.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the Stadium in Balboa Park in San Diego, California

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