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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.

Sep 14, 1919

I do not know when I have been as proud, as an American, as when I have seen our boys deploy on the other side of the sea.

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Sep 14, 1919

There is not a bit of credit that has not got an element of assessment of character.

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Sep 14, 1919

America is believed in throughout the world, because she has put spirit before material ambition.

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Sep 14, 1919

I have always taken this attitude toward facts, that I never let them get me if I see them coming first.

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Sep 14, 1919

If anybody in this audience allows himself when thinking of this matter to think of the elections of 1920 I want to declare that I separate myself from him.

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Sep 14, 1919

I deeply regret the suggestions which are made on some sides that we should take advantage of the present situation in the world but should not shoulder any of the responsibility.

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Sep 14, 1919

This is the field of the single unconquerable force that there is in the world, and when the world learns, as it will learn, that America has put her whole force into the common harness of civilization, then it will know that the wheels…

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