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Woodrow Wilson: If the future had nothing for us but a new attempt to keep the world at a right poise by a balance of power, the United…

On the recordDecember 29, 1918
If the future had nothing for us but a new attempt to keep the world at a right poise by a balance of power, the United States would take no interest.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England

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