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On the recordJuly 9, 1916
The great difficulty that has confronted us, gentlemen, has often been that we have deliberately looked at these common interests from self-chosen angles, which made them look as if some of us were separated from others.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at a Luncheon at the Detroit Athletic Club

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