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Woodrow Wilson: “We do not confine our enthusiasm for individual liberty and free national development to the incidents and movements of…”

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We do not confine our enthusiasm for individual liberty and free national development to the incidents and movements of affairs which affect only ourselves.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson advocates for the extension of liberty and development beyond American borders.

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