I have spoken to you to-day, Gentlemen, upon a single theme, the thorough preparation of the nation to care for its own security and to make sure of entire freedom to play the impartial role in this hemisphere and in the world which we all believe to have been providentially assigned to it.
Woodrow Wilson: “I have spoken to you to-day, Gentlemen, upon a single theme, the thorough preparation of the nation to care for its own…”
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Wilson addresses the need for national security and impartiality in international relations.
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