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...president told the Congress: "we shall fight for the things which we have always carried in our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to...such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free."8 More than any other leader, Wilson...

...more ambitious war aim: "The world must be made safe for democracy." America, he explained, must fight "for the rights and liberties of small nations, for...such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free." According to Wilson, these were...

...precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to...voice in their own governments, for the rights and libeities of small nations, for a universal domination of right lr\i such a concert of free peoples...

...balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight ... for democracy, for the rights of those who submit to authority to have a voice in...Governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, fora universal dominion of right by sucha concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to...

...States fought not for territorial gain, Wilson said in his achingly eloquent address to the nation, but "for democracy, for the right of those who submit...to have a voice in their own Governments, . . . for a universal dominion of rights by ... a concert of free peoples."38 For the Talented Tenth, it was...

...and disastrous of all wars. . . . But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight ... for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free." Looking back on 7. New Republic...

...liberty." Americans would be fighting, then, not for conquest or even in defense of neutral rights, but "for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and the world itself at last free" — a program attainable, now, apparently...

...that "the right is more precious than peace" and that Americans would be fighting "for democracy, ... for a universal dominion of right by such a concert of free peoples as shall bring peace and safety to all nations and make the world at last free. To such a task we can dedicate our lives...