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Woodrow Wilson: And just so soon as the tasks of peace are performed in the same spirit of self-sacrifice and devotion, peace societies…

On the recordMay 29, 1914
And just so soon as the tasks of peace are performed in the same spirit of self-sacrifice and devotion, peace societies will not be necessary.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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