You have commanders, but you have no masters.

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.

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.

My conception of the league of nations is just this, that it shall operate as the organized moral force of men throughout the world.

If we do not heed the mandates of mankind we shall make ourselves the most conspicuous and deserved failures in the history of the world.

The task of those who are gathered here, or will presently be gathered here, to make the settlements of this peace is greatly simplified by the fact that they are masters of no one; they are the servants of mankind.

Just a little exposure will settle most questions.

The university spirit is intolerant of all the things that put the human mind under restraint.

Now at last the spirit of truth, the spirit to which universities have devoted themselves, has prevailed and is triumphant.

If the central powers had dared to discuss the purposes of this war for a single fortnight, it never would have happened.

The triumph of freedom in this war means that spirits of that sort now dominate the world.

The least tribute we can pay them is to make them the equals of men in political rights as they have proved themselves their equals in every field of practical work they have entered.

The old policy may be changed much or little, but surely it cannot wisely be left as it was.

I am proud to be the fellowcountryman of men of such stuff and valor.

I shall count upon your friendly countenance and encouragement.

No such movement of troops ever took place before.

What we all thank God for with deepest gratitude is that our men went in force into the line of battle just at the critical moment when the whole fate of the world seemed to hang in the balance.