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Woodrow Wilson: Our people, moreover, do not wait to be coached and led.

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Our people, moreover, do not wait to be coached and led.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

Editor's note · Context

Wilson asserts that the American people are capable and self-reliant.

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