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Woodrow Wilson: It is not our privilege to follow special interests, but that it is our manifest duty to study only the general…

On the recordJanuary 4, 1919
It is not our privilege to follow special interests, but that it is our manifest duty to study only the general interest.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Remarks at the Palazzo Marino in Milan, Italy

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