America is not a mere body of traders it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain but we have a deep passion for the rights of man. (Woodrow Wilson)

America is not a mere body of traders it is a body of free men. Our greatness is built upon our freedom is moral, not material. We have a great ardor for gain but we have a deep passion for the rights of man.

Woodrow Wilson

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