One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do …

Woodrow Wilson
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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. ✨ Woodrow Wilson (1913). Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897-
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One cool judgment is worth a thousand hasty counsels. The thing to do is to supply light and not heat. ✨ Woodrow Wilson (1913). Addresses, Messages and Speeches, 1897-

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