Political Quotes

On the recordMay 26, 1916
There is nothing that the United States wants for itself that any other nation has.
Said by
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address delivered at the First Annual Assemblage of the League to Enforce Peace: American Principles

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