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Woodrow Wilson: Force can always be conquered, but the spirit of liberty never can be.

On the recordJanuary 4, 1919
Force can always be conquered, but the spirit of liberty never can be.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Remarks at La Scala in Milan, Italy

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