Woodrow Wilson

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The world must be made safe for democracy.

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America and the world International politics

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Woodrow Wilson

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1917 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.

Our whole duty, for the present, at any rate, is summed up in this motto, "America first."

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American foreign policy Isolationism

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1915 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. "America First." Associated Press Luncheon. 20 Apr. 1915, New York City, NY, USA. Address.

No nation is fit to sit in judgment upon any other nation.

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Foreign policy International politics

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1915 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. "America First." Associated Press Luncheon. 20 Apr. 1915, New York City, NY, USA. Address.

America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.

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World War I America and the world

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Woodrow Wilson

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1916 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. Speech in Des Moines. 1 Feb. 1916, Des Moines Coliseum, Des Moines, IA, USA.

We realize that the greatest things that remain to be done must be done with the whole world for stage and in cooperation with the wide and universal forces of mankind, and we are making our spirits ready for those things.

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Second Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson

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Internationalism America and the world

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Woodrow Wilson

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Second Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson Presidential inaugural address

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1917 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. "Second Inaugural Address." 5 Mar. 1917, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

A general association of nations must be formed... For the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.

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International politics

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Woodrow Wilson

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1918 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. "The Fourteen Points." Congress meeting. 8 Jan. 1918, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA. Address.

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Wilson, Woodrow. "The Fourteen Points." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. NYU Press, 2006.

We have stood apart, studiously neutral.

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World War I

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Woodrow Wilson

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1915 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. "Third Annual Message." US Congress meeting. 7 Dec. 1915, United States Capitol, Washington, DC, USA.

Once lead this people into war and they will forget there ever was such a thing as tolerance.

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World War I

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Woodrow Wilson

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1917 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. Conversation with Frank Irving Cobb before asking Congress to declare war. 2 Apr. 1917.

There can be no equality or opportunity, the first essential of justice in the body politic, if men and women and children be not shielded in their lives, their very vitality, from the consequences of great industrial and social processes which they can not alter, control, or singly cope with.

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Equality of opportunity Change

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First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson

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1913 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1913, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We have been proud of our industrial achievements, but we have not hitherto stopped thoughtfully enough to count the human cost, the cost of lives snuffed out, of energies overtaxed and broken, the fearful physical and spiritual cost to the men and women and children upon whom the dead weight and burden of it all has fallen pitilessly the years through.

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First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson

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Downsides of progress Economic development American power

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Woodrow Wilson

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First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson Presidential inaugural address

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Wilson, Woodrow. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1913, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

There has been something crude and heartless and unfeeling in our haste to succeed and be great. Our thought has been "Let every man look out for himself, let every generation look out for itself," while we reared giant machinery which made it impossible that any but those who stood at the levers of control should have a chance to look out for themselves.

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First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson

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Downsides of progress Economic development

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Woodrow Wilson

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First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson Presidential inaugural address

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Wilson, Woodrow. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1913, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

We have squandered a great part of what we might have used, and have not stopped to conserve the exceeding bounty of nature, without which our genius for enterprise would have been worthless and impotent.

Woodrow Wilson

First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson

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Environmental destruction

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Woodrow Wilson

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First Inaugural Address of Woodrow Wilson Presidential inaugural address

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1913 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. "First Inaugural Address." 4 Mar. 1913, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

It created in this country what had never existed before-a national consciousness. It was not the salvation of the Union; it was the rebirth of the Union.

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On the Civil War.

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American Civil War

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Woodrow Wilson

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1915 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. Memorial Day address. 31 May 1915, Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, VA, USA.

The day has come when America is privileged to spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured.

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World War I American ideals

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Woodrow Wilson

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1917 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to Congress requesting a declaration of war against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. NYU Press, 2006.

The United States must be neutral in fact as well as in name.

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World War I Foreign policy

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Woodrow Wilson

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1914 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. An address on neutrality. US Senate meeting. 19 Aug. 1914, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "An Appeal for Neutrality in World War I." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. NYU Press, 2006.

Armed neutrality is ineffectual enough at best.

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Political neutrality

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Woodrow Wilson

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1917 1910s 20th century

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Wilson, Woodrow. Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Against Germany. Congress meeting. 2 Apr. 1917, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President, edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.