Jan 28, 1916
The flag stands for something for which we are all trustees, the great part that America is to play in the world.
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
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Jan 28, 1916
We want American character to display itself in what I may perhaps be allowed to call spiritual efficiency.
Jan 28, 1916
I want you to go home determined that within the whole circle of your influence the President, not as a partisan but as the representative of the national honour, shall be backed up by the whole force that is in the Nation.
Jan 28, 1916
The old cry for the defense of your hearth and home does not seem to me a very handsome appeal.
Jan 28, 1916
I am sorry that upon the eve of a campaign we should be obliged to discuss these things, for fear they might run over into the campaign and seem to constitute a part of it.
Jan 28, 1916
I am conscious of a sort of truancy in being absent from my duties in Washington.
Jan 28, 1916
America stands, first of all, for the right of men to determine whom they will obey and whom they will serve; for the right of political freedom and a people's sovereignty.
Jan 28, 1916
My own feeling, ladies and gentlemen, is that it is a pity that this is a campaign year.
Jan 28, 1916
I want every man and woman of you to stand behind me in pressing a reasonable plan for national defense.
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