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It would be the irony of fate if my administration had to deal chiefly with foreign affairs.
Woodrow Wilson
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Woodrow Wilson
Age: 67 †
Born: 1856
Born: December 28
Died: 1924
Died: February 23
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The flag is a flag of liberty of opinion as well as of political liberty.
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The ordinary literary man, even though he be an eminent historian, is ill-fitted to be a mentor in affairs of government. For... things are for the most part very simple in books, and in practical life very complex.
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