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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presidency.ucsb.eduIf 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.
Address at Free Trade Hall in Manchester, England
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