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Woodrow Wilson: The men who do not look forward now are of no further service to the Nation.

On the recordSeptember 17, 1919
The men who do not look forward now are of no further service to the Nation.
Said by
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address at a Luncheon at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco, California

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