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We must face the facts as they are and act upon them without sentiment in this stern business.
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gutenberg.orgWoodrow Wilson: “We must face the facts as they are and act upon them without sentiment in this stern business.”
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Wilson stresses the importance of confronting reality without emotional bias in wartime decisions.
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