Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"You know that you have not, and the very fact that the force is not ready may make the task you have set for me all the more delicate and all the more difficult."

"My own feeling, ladies and gentlemen, is that it is a pity that this is a campaign year."

"I want you to go home determined that within the whole circle of your influence the President, not as a partisan but as the representative of the national honour, shall be backed up by the whole force..."

"It is necessary, therefore, that we should examine ourselves and see whether we can make certain that the tasks imposed upon us will be performed, well performed, and performed without interruption."