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 8, 1919
America is the only Nation which can sympathetically lead the world in organizing peace.
Sep 8, 1919
To hear some men talk about the league of nations you would suppose that it was a trap set for America.
Sep 8, 1919
The world is not going to settle down, my fellow citizens, until it knows what part the United States is going to play in the peace.
Sep 8, 1919
We ought to give our thought to this, gentlemen: America, though we do not like to admit it, has been very provincial in regard to the world's business.
Sep 8, 1919
Our railroads at this moment are not adequate to moving the commerce of this country.
Sep 8, 1919
It is a great method of common counsel with regard to the common interests of mankind.
Sep 8, 1919
America and her determinations now constitute the balance of moral force in the world, and if we do not use that moral force we will be of all peoples the most derelict.
Sep 8, 1919
I believe, my fellow countrymen, that the only people in Europe who instinctively realized what was going to happen and what did happen in 1914 was the French people.
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