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"The United States will,indeed,undertake under Article X to 'respect and preserve as against external aggression the territorial integrity and existing political independence of all members of the League [of Nations]' and that engagement constitutes a very grave and solemn moral obligation. But it is a moral,not a legal,obligation,and leaves our Congress absolutely free to put its own interpretation upon it in all cases that call for action."
Woodrow Wilson,Testimony before the Senate over Article X of the Treaty of Versailles,1919
-President Wilson's role in the construction of this treaty

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The excerpt suggests that Wilson was attempting to balance national security concerns with the promotion of global stability. While he acknowledges the moral obligation to protect other nations from external aggression, he also emphasizes that Congress has the freedom to interpret and act upon this obligation as it sees fit. This implies that Wilson recognized the need to balance America's moral obligations with its own national interests and priorities.

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