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Woodrow Wilson: We shall pay the bill, though we did not deliberately incur it.

On the recordSeptember 3, 1914
We shall pay the bill, though we did not deliberately incur it.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address to a Joint Session of Congress: Appeal for Additional Revenue

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