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But we do believe in a body of free citizens ready and sufficient to take care of themselves and of the governments which they have set up to serve them.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “But we do believe in a body of free citizens ready and sufficient to take care of themselves and of the governments…”
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Wilson advocates for a body of citizens capable of self-defense and governance.
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