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Woodrow Wilson: We regard war merely as a means of asserting the rights of a people against aggression.

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We regard war merely as a means of asserting the rights of a people against aggression.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson views war as a means to defend the rights of oppressed peoples.

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