Carolina QuotesI not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow, and I have borrowed a lot since I read it to you first.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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Speech to the National Press Club (20 March 1914)
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- 1914
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“I not only use all the brains I have, but all I can borrow, …” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-4C97A12634. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/4c97a12634
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