Carolina QuotesIf you want to make enemies, try to change something.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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Address to World's Salesmanship Congress, Detroit (10 July 1916)
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- 1916
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“If you want to make enemies, try to change something.” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-9DC5EC11A5. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/9dc5ec11a5
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