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Woodrow Wilson: The old cry for the defense of your hearth and home does not seem to me a very handsome appeal.

On the recordJanuary 28, 1916
The old cry for the defense of your hearth and home does not seem to me a very handsome appeal.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address to an Overflow Meeting at Soldiers' Memorial Hall in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanis

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