Carolina QuotesCaution is the confidential agent of selfishness.
Woodrow Wilson Connected to the Carolinas
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Woodrow Wilson in:Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-president, NYU Press (2006), p. 101.
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- 2006
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“Caution is the confidential agent of selfishness.” Woodrow Wilson. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-C6CC9224BC. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/c6cc9224bc
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