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To: TobagoJack who wrote (72731)	4/4/2011 7:34:22 AM
From: elmatador	Respond to of 217750

The Evil President. Only US president to hold a Phd. Creator of the FED. Got Nobel Peace prize. Trade sanctions happy. VVV holder: A Presbyterian of deep religious faith, he appealed to a gospel of service and infused a profound sense of moralism into his idealistic internationalism. tolerated expansion of segregation in many federal agencies. He did not encourage the wave of anti-German sentiment sweeping the country in 1917-18, but did nothing to stop it. Woodrow Wilson of 'smile and carry a big stick' fame. Evil Wilson famously declared in 1919: "A nation boycotted is a nation that is in sight of surrender. Apply this economic, peaceful, silent, deadly remedy and there will be no need for force. It is a terrible remedy." America didn't buy the League—the Senate refused to ratify U.S. membership in that precursor to the United Nations—but as the decades rolled on, America adopted Wilson's idea of sanctions as a diplomatic tool.