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Woodrow Wilson: If the central powers had dared to discuss the purposes of this war for a single fortnight, it never would have…

On the recordDecember 20, 1918
If the central powers had dared to discuss the purposes of this war for a single fortnight, it never would have happened.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks at the University of Paris

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