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Woodrow Wilson: America has been reluctant to match her wits with the rest of the world.

On the recordJanuary 26, 1916
America has been reluctant to match her wits with the rest of the world.
Said by
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address to the Seventh Annual Dinner of the Railway Business Association in New York City

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