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Woodrow Wilson: We have been deeply wronged upon the seas, but we have not wished to wrong or injure in return; have retained throughout…

On the recordMarch 4, 1917
We have been deeply wronged upon the seas, but we have not wished to wrong or injure in return; have retained throughout the consciousness of standing in some sort apart.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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