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.
I want to join with you, for I am sure I am joining with you, in expressing my profound sympathy not only, but my very profound admiration as well.
I have been very much touched by the generous terms of the address which you have just read.
We have seemed no doubt indifferent at times, to look on from a great distance, but our hearts have never been far away.
I am honored, sir, to be taken into this ancient comradeship of the citizenship of Rome.
Good will is the forerunner of trade, and trade is the great amicable instrument of the world on that account.





