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A little group of wilful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible. - Woodrow Wilson Attribution: Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924), U.S. Democratic politician, president. Statement, March 4, 1917. Referring to a successful filibuster against Wilson’s bill to arm U.S. merchant ships against German submarine attacks.

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American Eras Primary Sources:

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• Wilson, Woodrow (Oxford Dictionary of World History)

Biographies:

• Wilson, Woodrow (World War I)

Primary Sources:

• Woodrow Wilson's Declaration of Neutrality (World War I)
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• Woodrow Wilson's Fourteen Points (World War I)

Salem on Literature:

• The Woodrow Wilson Story (Masterplots II: Juvenile and Young Adult Biography Series)
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• Wilson, Woodrow (Twentieth-Century Literary Criticism)
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• Woodrow Wilson National Fellowship Foundation (Scholarships, Fellowships, and Loans)