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Woodrow Wilson: “The only way to keep men from agitating against grievances is to remove the grievances.”

On the recordSeptember 10, 1919
The only way to keep men from agitating against grievances is to remove the grievances.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the Fairgrounds Auditorium in Billings, Montana

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