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Woodrow Wilson: “Have we sacrificed the lives of more than 100,000 Americans and ruined the lives of thousands of others and brought upon…”

On the recordMay 26, 1920
Have we sacrificed the lives of more than 100,000 Americans and ruined the lives of thousands of others and brought upon thousands of American families an unhappiness that can never end for purposes which we do not now care to state or take further steps to attain?
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval H.J. Res. 327 Declaring State of Peace with Germany and...

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