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Woodrow Wilson: The moral is, that the states of America are not hostile rivals but cooperating friends, and that their growing sense of…

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The moral is, that the states of America are not hostile rivals but cooperating friends, and that their growing sense of community or interest, alike in matters political and in matters economic, is likely to give them a new significance as factors in international affairs and in the political history of the world.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson highlights the cooperative nature of American states as friends rather than rivals in international affairs.

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