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Woodrow Wilson: “We may think that they finished that job, but they will tell you they did not; that unless we see to it that peace is…”

On the recordSeptember 9, 1919
We may think that they finished that job, but they will tell you they did not; that unless we see to it that peace is made secure, they will have the job to do over again.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address from Rear Platform in Mandan, North Dakota

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