• Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.

    Woodrow Wilson: Self-determination is not a mere phrase. It is an imperative principle of action, which statesmen will henceforth ignore at their peril.
    Woodrow Wilson, Woodrow Wilson Foundation, Princeton University (1984). “The papers of Woodrow Wilson”