Woodrow Wilson: “We are not masters of the fortunes of any nation, but that we are the…”

On the recordJanuary 4, 1919

We are not masters of the fortunes of any nation, but that we are the servants of mankind.

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Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks at the Palazzo Marino in Milan, Italy

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Woodrow Wilson: “We are not masters of the fortunes of any nation, but that we are the servants of mankind.”