Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"We have gone so far in our assertions of popular right that we not only say that the people have a right to have a government that suits them, but that they have a right to change it in any respect at..."

"They have looked to us for leadership."

"The whole world needs that steadiness, and the American people are the makeweight in the fortunes of mankind."

"I am very grateful; I may say in parentheses, that I did not have to make that choice."