Sep 7, 1919
The bulk of it is concerned with arrangements under which all the members of the league—that means everybody but Germany and dismembered Turkey—agree that they never will go to war without first having done one or other of two…
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 7, 1919
We have gone so far in our assertions of popular right that we not only say that the people have a right to have a government that suits them, but that they have a right to change it in any respect at any time.
Sep 7, 1919
The only force you can substitute for an armed mankind is the concerted force of the combined action of mankind through the instrumentality of all the enlightened Governments of the world.
Sep 7, 1919
The fundamental American principle is the right of the people that live in the country to say what shall be done with that country.
Sep 5, 1919
We have promised the people of the Philippine Islands that we will set them free.
Sep 5, 1919
I am very grateful; I may say in parentheses, that I did not have to make that choice.
Sep 5, 1919
The world is desperately in need of the settled conditions of peace, and it can not wait much longer.
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