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Woodrow Wilson: Pardon me, Mr. Chairman, if I have been entirely unreserved and plain-spoken in speaking of the great matters we all…

On the recordAugust 18, 1919
Pardon me, Mr. Chairman, if I have been entirely unreserved and plain-spoken in speaking of the great matters we all have so much at heart.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks to the Committee on Foreign Relations, United States Senate

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