Carolina QuotesSome men who are not real men love other things about themselves, but the real man believes that his honor is dearer than his life; and a nation is merely all of us put together, and the nation's honor is dearer than the nation's comfort and the nation's peace and the nation's life itself.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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Speech in Cleveland (January 1916)
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- 1916
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“Some men who are not real men love other things about themse…” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9433C91A85. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9433c91a85
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