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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.
I should feel that I was guilty of an unpardonable omission if I did not go out and tell my fellow countrymen that new circumstances have arisen which make it absolutely necessary that this country should prepare herself, not for war, but…
She stands, therefore, as an example of independence, as an example of free institutions.
Our peers are the men who have spent their great energies outside the narrow circle of their own self-interest.
I can find no other foundation for peace than is laid in justice without aggression.
Let no man dare to say, if he would speak the truth, that the question of preparation for national defense is a question of war or of peace.
We live in a world which we did not make, which we can not alter, which we can not think into a different condition from that which actually exists.
We have got the men to waste, but God forbid that we should waste them.
America has been reluctant to match her wits with the rest of the world.
We must see to it that a sufficient body of citizens is given the kind of training which will make them efficient now if called into the field in case of necessity.
This is a year of political accounting, and the Americans in politics are rather expert accountants.
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