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Woodrow Wilson: We are working out American principles a little faster, because American pulses are beating a little faster.

On the recordJanuary 30, 1916
We are working out American principles a little faster, because American pulses are beating a little faster.
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Woodrow Wilson
Democratic · New Jersey

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Address at the Milwaukee Auditorium in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

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