Carolina QuotesI would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose!
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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Attributed to Woodrow Wilson in Hugh A. Bone, American Politics and the Party System (1949), p. 482. Reported in Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations (1989) as not verified in the writings of Wilson.
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- 1949
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“I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than …” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-A6E330485B. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/a6e330485b
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