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Woodrow Wilson: America first means nothing until you translate it into what you do.

On the recordJune 28, 1916
America first means nothing until you translate it into what you do.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to the Associated Advertising Clubs in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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