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Woodrow Wilson: In all matters having to do with the personal habits and customs of large numbers of our people we must be certain that…

On the recordOctober 26, 1919
In all matters having to do with the personal habits and customs of large numbers of our people we must be certain that the established processes of legal change are followed.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Message to the House of Representatives Returning Without Approval 'An Act to Prohibit Intoxicating Beverages and to...'

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