Sep 17, 1919
The covenant of the league of nations is the instrumentality for the maintenance of peace.
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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Sep 17, 1919
You must settle the difficulties which gave occasion to the war or you must expect war again.
Sep 17, 1919
We can not release the great industrial and economic power of America and let it run free until there are channels that are free in which it can run.
Sep 17, 1919
Germany felt the pinch of the blockade more than she felt the stress of the blow.
Sep 17, 1919
The characteristic of this treaty is that it gives liberty to peoples who never could have won it for themselves.
Sep 17, 1919
It is our duty to look in the face the real circumstances of the world in order that we may not be unfaithful to the great duty which America undertook in the hour and day of her birth.
Sep 17, 1919
I admit that there are debatable things, but I do not admit that they need be debated so long.
Sep 17, 1919
We are a people that redeems its honor. We are not, and never will be, quitters.
Sep 17, 1919
The men who do not look forward now are of no further service to the Nation.
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