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On the recordNovember 10, 1918
We know only that this tragical war, whose consuming flames swept from one nation to another until all the world was on fire, is at an end and that it was the privilege of our own people to enter it at its most critical juncture in such fashion and in such force as to contribute in a way of which we are all deeply proud to the great result.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress Concerning the Terms of Armistice Signed by Germany

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