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Woodrow Wilson: “They are freedom of thought and the diffusion of enlightenment among the people.”

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They are freedom of thought and the diffusion of enlightenment among the people.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson identifies freedom of thought and enlightenment as key forces driving democratic change globally.

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