Carolina QuotesThe way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauffeur, not the automobile.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
Source
The Atlanta Constitution (14 January 1914), p. 1
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- 1914
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- p. 1
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“The way to stop financial joy-riding is to arrest the chauff…” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-35BE2448B1. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/35be2448b1
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