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It is like writing history with lightning and my only regret is that it is all so terribly true.
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1856
Born: December 28
Died: 1924
Died: February 23
28Th U.S. President
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I am not one of those who have the least anxiety about the triumph of the principles I have stood for. I have seen fools resist Providence before, and I have seen their destruction, as will come upon these again, utter destruction and contempt. That we shall prevail is as sure as that God reigns.
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There is a price which is too great to pay for peace, and that price can be put in one word. One cannot pay the price of self-respect.
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