Woodrow Wilson actually said...

It is hereby ordered that, through the Secretary of the Navy, there be taken over to the United States the immediate possession and title of and to the German vessel Odenwald and the German vessel Praesident, now lying in the harbor of San Juan, in the Island of Porto Rico, and until further directions the Secretary of the Navy is ordered to operate and equip such vessels in the service of the Navy of the United States.

05/13/1917

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More Woodrow Wilson Quotes

"We are all actuated, my fellow countrymen, by an intense consciousness and love of America."
"If you want to trade you have got to have somebody to trade with."
"The United States has accumulated a great debt, but not in proportion to those that other countries have accumulated when you reckon our wealth as compared with theirs."
"I know that you have been called together in special session for special objects."

View All Woodrow Wilson Quotes