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Woodrow Wilson: I felt constantly a personal detachment from the Presidency; that one thing that I resented when I was not performing…

On the recordMay 14, 1916
I felt constantly a personal detachment from the Presidency; that one thing that I resented when I was not performing the duties of the office was being reminded that I was the President of the United States.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the National Press Club

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