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Woodrow Wilson: In what we read of sovereignty we are led to wonder if it can be the words that confuse us.

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In what we read of sovereignty we are led to wonder if it can be the words that confuse us.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Wilson reflects on the potential confusion caused by the terminology used in discussions of sovereignty.

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