Woodrow Wilson quote about war from We Must Accept War - But armed neutrality, it now appears, is impracticable.
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But armed neutrality, it now appears, is impracticable.
 Woodrow Wilson, We Must Accept War (2 April 1917). copy citation

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Author Woodrow Wilson
Source We Must Accept War
Topic war army neutrality
Date 2 April 1917
Language English
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Weblink http://www.gutenberg.org/files/6870/6870-h/6870-h.htm#4

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“When I addressed the Congress on the 26th of February last I thought that it would suffice to assert our neutral rights with arms, our right to use the seas against unlawful interference, our right to keep our people safe against unlawful violence. But armed neutrality, it now appears, is impracticable. Because submarines are in effect outlaws when used as the German submarines have been used against merchant shipping, it is impossible to defend ships against their attacks as the law of nations has assumed that merchantmen would defend themselves against privateers or cruisers, visible craft giving chase upon the open sea.” source

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