Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"The necessity for such legislation is manifest and pressing."

"It has been a privilege to labor in such company."

"And I also urge and suggest our duty in this our day of peace and abundance to think in deep sympathy of the stricken peoples of the world upon whom the curse and terror of war has so pitilessly falle..."

"It has long been the custom of our people to turn in the fruitful autumn of the year in praise and thanksgiving to Almighty God for His many blessings and mercies to us as a nation."