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Woodrow Wilson: Every member of the league promises to respect and preserve as against external aggression—not as against internal…

On the recordSeptember 7, 1919
Every member of the league promises to respect and preserve as against external aggression—not as against internal revolution—the territorial integrity and existing political independence of every other member of the league, and if it is necessary to enforce this promise—I mean, for the nations to act in concert with arms in their hands to enforce it—then the council of the league shall advise what action is necessary.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the Omaha Auditorium in Omaha, Nebraska

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