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Woodrow Wilson: We would have to concentrate authority sufficiently to be able to use the physical force of the Nation quickly upon…

On the recordSeptember 14, 1919
We would have to concentrate authority sufficiently to be able to use the physical force of the Nation quickly upon occasion.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at a Luncheon at the Hotel Portland in Portland, Oregon

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