Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"I beg of you to stand by your Government with your minds as well as your hearts, and let us redeem America by applying our judgments to the wholesome process of national defence."

"You are counting upon me to see to it that the rights of citizens of the United States, wherever they might be, are respected by everybody."

"You have expected me to see that your energies should be released also along the channels of trade in order that you might serve the world as the only Nation disengaged and ready to serve it."

"I have a certain scruple of conscience in being away from Washington for many days at a time, because it is one of the interesting circumstances of the moment that there is hardly a day which does not..."