States Olympic Book

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    “A little group of wilful men reflecting no opinion but their own have rendered the great Government of the United States helpless and contemptible.”
    —Woodrow Wilson (1856–1924)

    “Like Olympic medals and tennis trophies, all they signified was that the owner had done something of no benefit to anyone more capably than everyone else.”
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    “Great nations write their autobiographies in three manuscripts--the book of their deeds, the book of their words, and the book of their art.”
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