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" The ear of the leader must ring with the voices of the people. "
Woodrow Wilson
Voices
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" The American Revolution was a beginning, not a consummation. "
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" Princeton is no longer a thing for Princeton men to please themselves with. Princeton is a thing with which Princeton men must satisfy the country. "
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" Sometimes people call me an idealist. Well, that is the way I know I am an American. America is the only idealistic nation in the world. "
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