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On the recordJuly 25, 1918
I say plainly that every American who takes part in the action of a mob or gives it any sort of countenance is no true son of this great democracy, but its betrayer.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Statement Deploring Mob Spirit

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