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Woodrow Wilson: I admire the hopeful confidence of those of our fellow citizens who believe that American opinion can stop it, but…

On the recordJanuary 30, 1916
I admire the hopeful confidence of those of our fellow citizens who believe that American opinion can stop it, but, being somewhat older than some of them, and having run through a rather wide gamut of experience, I am prevented from sharing their hopeful optimism.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at The Chicago Auditorium in Chicago, Illinois

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