Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"It is important for your sake, and, I venture to add, for the sake of the peace of the world, that those who represent you in responsible stations should keep in constant touch with these changes."

"I have come out to ask you what there was behind me in this task."

"I would not have come away from Washington had I not believed that there was a stronger compulsion of conscience to acquaint you with the state of affairs than there was to remain during this week at ..."

"But if America suffer, all the world loses its equipoise."