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Woodrow Wilson: “There are many forms of democratic government, and we are not fighting for any particular form.”

On the recordAugust 14, 1917
There are many forms of democratic government, and we are not fighting for any particular form.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks to the General Meeting of the Committee on Labor of the Advisory Commission of the Council of National Defense

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