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Woodrow Wilson: The great difficulty that has confronted us, gentlemen, has often been that we have deliberately looked at these common…

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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