The only thing that ever set any man free, the only thing that ever set any nation free, is the truth.
Woodrow Wilson: “The only thing that ever set any man free, the only thing that ever set any nation free, is the truth.”
On the recordJune 28, 1916
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Address to the Associated Advertising Clubs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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