Political Quotes

On the recordSeptember 10, 1919
We were caught in this thing by the action of a nation utterly unlike ourselves.
Said by
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Opera House (Marlow Theater) in Helena, Montana

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