Carolina QuotesPerhaps it was providential that I was stricken down when I was. Had I kept my health I should have carried the League. Events have shown that the world was not ready for it. It would have been a failure. Countries like France and Italy are unsympathetic with such an organisation. Time and sinister happenings may eventually convince them that some such scheme is required. It may not be my scheme. It may be some other. I see now, however, that my plan was premature. The world was not ripe for it.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
Source
Remarks to Barney Baruch quoted in George Riddell's diary (10 September 1923), J. M. McEwen (ed.), The Riddell Diaries 1908–1923 (1986), pp. 388–389
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- speech
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- 1920s and later
- year
- 1908
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- pp. 388–389
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“Perhaps it was providential that I was stricken down when I …” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-03564DAAE5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/03564daae5
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