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Woodrow Wilson: No man who thinks first of himself and afterwards of his country can call himself an American.

On the recordMay 15, 1914
No man who thinks first of himself and afterwards of his country can call himself an American.
Said by
Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address at the Unveiling of the Statue to the Memory of Commodore John Barry

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