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On the recordMay 26, 1920
Such a peace with Germany—a peace in which none of the essential interests which we had at heart when we entered the war is safeguarded—is, or ought to be, inconceivable, as inconsistent with the dignity of the United States.
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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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