Political Quotes

On the recordDecember 29, 1918
We are not men because we have skill of hand, but we are men because we have elevation of spirit.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks at a Luncheon at the Midland Hotel in Manchester, England

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