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Woodrow Wilson

(1856—1924)

U.S. President

Never murder a man when he's busy committing suicide.

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Woodrow Wilson, The New Freedom (1913)

Since I entered politics, I have chiefly had men's views confided to me privately. Some of the biggest men in the United States, in the Field of commerce and manufacture, […] www.english-slang.com

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hell and high water

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up and at them

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