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Woodrow Wilson: Our peers are the men who have spent their great energies outside the narrow circle of their own self-interest.

On the recordJanuary 28, 1916
Our peers are the men who have spent their great energies outside the narrow circle of their own self-interest.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address At Soldiers' Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

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