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Woodrow Wilson: Conquest and dominion are not in our reckoning, or agreeable to our principles.

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Conquest and dominion are not in our reckoning, or agreeable to our principles.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson asserts that conquest and dominion are contrary to American principles.

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