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Woodrow Wilson: It has therefore become painfully evident that the position which this Government took at the very outset is inevitable.

On the recordApril 18, 1916
It has therefore become painfully evident that the position which this Government took at the very outset is inevitable.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress on German Violations of International Law

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