Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"No scruple of taste must in grim times like these be allowed to stand in the way of speaking the plain truth."

"If in these critical days it is your wish to sustain me with undivided minds, I beg that you will say so in a way which it will not be possible to misunderstand either here at home or among our associ..."

"The return of a Republican majority to either House of the Congress would, moreover, certainly be interpreted on the other side of the water as a repudiation of my leadership."

"I submit my difficulties and my hopes to you."