Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle …

Woodrow Wilson
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Only a peace between equals can last. Only a peace the very principle of which is equality and a common participation in a common benefit. ✨ Address to Senate on essential terms of peace in Europe, 22 Jan. 1917
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