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Woodrow Wilson: If we want to stand by that principle, then we can justify the history of America as we can in no other way.

On the recordSeptember 3, 1919
If we want to stand by that principle, then we can justify the history of America as we can in no other way.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address from Rear Platform in Richmond, Indiana

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