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Woodrow Wilson: If I want to know how many people live in a small town all I have to do is to go there and they at once line up to be…

On the recordMay 14, 1916
If I want to know how many people live in a small town all I have to do is to go there and they at once line up to be counted.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the National Press Club

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