On the recordApril 1, 1917
We are glad, now that we see the facts with no veil of false pretense about them, to fight thus for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples.
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presidency.ucsb.eduWoodrow Wilson: “We are glad, now that we see the facts with no veil of false pretense about them, to fight thus for the ultimate peace…”
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Address to a Joint Session of Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Against Germany
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