Quote#Freedom
Do you never stop to reflect just what it is that America stands for?…
Quote byWoodrow Wilson · 1856–1924
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Speech on Military Preparedness, Pittsburgh (29 January 1916).
English (original)
Do you never stop to reflect just what it is that America stands for? If she stands for one thing more than another, it is for the sovereignty of self-governing peoples, and her example, her assistance, her encouragement, has thrilled two continents in this Western World with all the fine impulses which have built up human liberty on both sides of the water.
— Woodrow Wilson
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