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Woodrow Wilson: “Your raw materials must be the raw materials that they need, not the raw materials that you need.”

On the recordJuly 9, 1916
Your raw materials must be the raw materials that they need, not the raw materials that you need.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Address to the Salesmanship Congress in Detroit, Michigan

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