Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"I will cooperate with great happiness in the plans that you may form after my return, and I thank you very warmly for the compliment of this personal visit."

"I hope that the strain has not been in vain. I know that it has not been in vain."

"You have not only done me a great honor, but you have touched me very much by this unexpected tribute; and may I add that you have frightened me?"

"At every turn we must see to it that it is not an adjustment between governments merely, but an arrangement for the peace and security of men and women everywhere."