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

Woodrow Wilson

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World War I

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Woodrow Wilson

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

Occupation

American President Nobel laureate National leader Politician

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United States

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Citation

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

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Language
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Time
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Current Citation

Freud, Sigmund. Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis. W. W. Norton & Company, 1977, lecture 1.