“ When all unite to act in the same sense and with the same purpose, all act in the common interest and are free to live their own lives under a common protection. ”
Woodrow Wilson, A World League For Peace (22 January 1917). copy citation
| Author | Woodrow Wilson |
|---|---|
| Source | A World League For Peace |
| Topic | protection interest |
| Date | 22 January 1917 |
| Language | English |
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| Weblink | http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6870/6870-h/6870-h.htm#1 |
Context
“I am proposing that all nations henceforth avoid entangling alliances which would draw them into competitions of power, catch them in a net of intrigue and selfish rivalry, and disturb their own affairs with influences intruded from without. There is no entangling alliance in a concert of power. When all unite to act in the same sense and with the same purpose, all act in the common interest and are free to live their own lives under a common protection.
I am proposing government by the consent of the governed; that freedom of the seas which in international conference after conference representatives of the United States have urged with the eloquence of those who are the convinced disciples of liberty;”
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