Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"They did not come as strangers in their thoughts."

"It is an ancient friendship, but it has been renewed and has taken on a new youth."

"It is a fine testimony to you men that these people like you and love you and trust you, and the finest part of it all is that you deserve their trust."

"I feel a comradeship with you to-day which is delightful as I look about upon these undisturbed fields and think of the terrible scenes through which you have gone and realize now that the quiet peace..."