Armed neutrality is ineffectual enough at best.

Woodrow Wilson

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Political neutrality

Speaker

Woodrow Wilson

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Speech

Genre

Political speech

Language

English

Time

1917 1910s 20th century

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American President Nobel laureate National leader Politician

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United States

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Original Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. Address to Congress Requesting a Declaration of War Against Germany. Congress Meeting. 2 April 1917. US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA. Address.

Current Citation

Wilson, Woodrow. "Address to a Joint Session of Congress Calling for a Declaration of War." Woodrow Wilson: Essential Writings and Speeches of the Scholar-President. Edited by Mario R. DiNunzio. New York University Press, 2006.

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