America does love freedom, and I believe that she loves freedom unselfishly.

May I not, sir, with a feeling of profound sincerity and friendship and sympathy propose your own health and the health of the Queen, and the prosperity of Great Britain?

Any influence that the American people have over the affairs of the world is measured by their sympathy with the aspirations of free men everywhere.

There is something inspiriting in knowing that this is the errand that we have come on.

I think that in spite of all the terrible sufferings and sacrifices of this war we shall some day in looking back upon them realize that they were worth while.

I thank you very warmly, gentlemen, for your greeting and beg to extend to you in the name of my own countrymen the most cordial greetings.

Even the sea was kind to us this morning and gave us a very pleasant passage.

Because this is a war into which our country, like these countries we have been so proud to stand by, has put its whole heart, and the reason that we are proud of you is that you have put your heart into it; you have done your duty, and…

It has been a hard thing to take part in directing what you did without coming over and helping you do it.

It happened that it was the privilege of America to present the chart for peace, and now the process of settlement has been rendered comparatively simple by the fact that all the nations concerned have accepted that chart and that the…

I know what you and the people at home expect of me; and I am happy to say, my fellow countrymen, that I do not find in the hearts of the great leaders with whom it is my privilege now to cooperate any difference of principle or of…

You have commanders, but you have no masters.

The world will now know that the nations that fought this war, as well as the soldiers who represented them, are ready to make good— make good not merely in the assertion of their own interests, but make good in the establishment of peace…

You knew what we expected of you and you did it.

Everybody concerned in the settlement knows that it must be a people's peace, that nothing must be done in the settlement of the issues of the war which is not as handsome as the great achievements of the armies of the United States and…

Your very commanders represent you in representing the Nation of which you constitute so distinguished a part.

How everybody at home is proud of you; how everybody at home has followed every movement of this great Army with confidence and affection; and how the whole people of the United States are now waiting to welcome you home with an acclaim…

It is a fine testimony to you men that these people like you and love you and trust you, and the finest part of it all is that you deserve their trust.