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Who Said It (12/28/2018)

But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts,-for democracy...

President Woodrow Wilson War Message to Joint Session of Congress: April 2, 1917

Thomas Woodrow Wilson 28th POTUS (1918) Library of Congress Prints and Photographs Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA

But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts,-for democracy…

Source and Complete Transcript of Wilson’s Speech via National Archives

 

Posted on December 28, 2018

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