We are the friends of constitutional government in America; we are more than its friends, we are its champions; because in no other way can our neighbors, to whom we would wish in every way to make proof of our friendship, work out their own development in peace and liberty.
Woodrow Wilson: “We are the friends of constitutional government in America; we are more than its friends, we are its champions; because…”
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Wilson champions constitutional government in America as essential for peace and development in neighboring countries.
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