Woodrow Wilson: “Of course we are not ready to do that; and we shall never be in time…”

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Of course we are not ready to do that; and we shall never be in time of peace so long as we retain our present political principles and institutions.

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Democratic · New Jersey

Source

Wilson asserts that the nation will never be ready for war under its current political principles and institutions during peacetime.

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One does not pay a compliment to the American farmer who attempts to alarm him by dangers from foreign competition.

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Mar 2, 1921

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Woodrow Wilson: “Of course we are not ready to do that; and we shall never be in time of peace so long as we retain our present political…”