[WikiEN-l] Wilson Quote

[Ray Saintonge]

Marc Riddell wrote:

>Folks,
>
>I was thinking about the discussion of the Wikipedia Community and this 1917
>Wilson quote came to my mind:
>
>"The question upon which the whole future peace and policy of the world
>depends is this: Is the present war a struggle for a just and secure peace,
>or only for a new balance of power? If it be only a struggle for a new
>balance of power, who will guarantee, who can guarantee, the stable
>equilibrium of the new arrangement? Š There must be, not a balance of power,
>but a community of power; not organized rivalries, but an organized common
>peace."
>
That argument didn't succeed in getting the United States into the 
League of Nations.

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