Carolina QuotesI would … rather lose in a cause that I know some day will triumph than triumph in a cause that I know some day will lose.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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Speech in Syracuse (12 September 1912) PWW 25:145
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- 1912
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“I would … rather lose in a cause that I know some day will t…” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-1602336B96. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/1602336b96
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