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Woodrow Wilson: We set this Nation up with the profession that we wanted to set an example of liberty not only, but to lead the world in…

On the recordSeptember 11, 1919
We set this Nation up with the profession that we wanted to set an example of liberty not only, but to lead the world in the paths of liberty and justice and of right.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at Coeur D'Alene, Idaho

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