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> [Since trade ignores national boundaries and the manufacturer insists on having the world as a market, the flag of his nation must follow him, and the doors of the nations which are closed against him must be battered down. Concessions…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/since-trade-ignores-national-boundaries-and-the-manufacturer-insists/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

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## More by Woodrow Wilson

> [If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if fifteen minutes, three days; if half an hour, two days;…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/if-i-am-to-speak-ten-minutes-i-need-a-week-for-preparation-if-fifteen/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [There is here a great melting pot in which we must compound a precious metal. That metal is the metal of nationality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/there-is-here-a-great-melting-pot-in-which-we-must-compound-a/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [One cannot pay the price of self-respect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/one-cannot-pay-the-price-of-self-respect/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [I would rather lose in a cause that will some day win, than win in a cause that will some day lose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/i-would-rather-lose-in-a-cause-that-will-some-day-win-than-win-in-a/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [I have received delegations of working men who, apparently speaking with the utmost sincerity, have declared that they would regard it as a genuine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/i-have-received-delegations-of-working-men-who-apparently-speaking/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [Absolute identity with one's cause is the first and great condition of successful leadership.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/absolute-identity-with-one-s-cause-is-the-first-and-great-condition/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [America cannot be an ostrich with its head in the sand.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/america-cannot-be-an-ostrich-with-its-head-in-the-sand/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [...We are intensely proud of their noble record and are glad to have had the whole world see how irresistible they are in their…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/we-are-intensely-proud-of-their-noble-record-and-are-glad-to-have-had/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [ The facts of the case will always have the better of \[an\] argument. ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/the-facts-of-the-case-will-always-have-the-better-of-an-argument/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [The greatest embarrassment of my political career has been that active duties seem to deprive me of time for careful investigation. I seem almost…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/the-greatest-embarrassment-of-my-political-career-has-been-that/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [Some Americans need hyphens in their names because only part of them has come over.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/some-americans-need-hyphens-in-their-names-because-only-part-of-them/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [The history of liberty is the history of limitations on the power of government, not the increase of it. When we resist, therefore, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/the-history-of-liberty-is-the-history-of-limitations-on-the-power-of/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [When I think of the flag… I see alternate strips of parchment upon which are written the rights of liberty and justice, and stripes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/when-i-think-of-the-flag-i-see-alternate-strips-of-parchment-upon/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [If I am to speak ten minutes, I need a week for preparation; if an hour, I am ready now.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/if-i-am-to-speak-ten-minutes-i-need-a-week-for-preparation-if-an-hour/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

> [Energy in a nation is like sap in a tree; it rises from bottom up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/woodrow-wilson/energy-in-a-nation-is-like-sap-in-a-tree-it-rises-from-bottom-up/)

[Woodrow Wilson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/woodrow-wilson/)

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