Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"This order shall take effect from date."

"We seek no material advantage of any kind."

"These regulations are subject to modification by the senior officer of the Harbor Entrance Patrol when the public interest may require; and such notification as circumstances may permit will be issued..."

"The object of this war is to deliver the free peoples of the world from the menace and the actual power of a vast military establishment controlled by an irresponsible government."