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Woodrow Wilson: They are themselves in the grip of the same sinister power that has now at last stretched its ugly talons out and drawn…

On the recordJune 13, 1917
They are themselves in the grip of the same sinister power that has now at last stretched its ugly talons out and drawn blood from us.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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