Woodrow Wilson: “It is now my duty to play my full part in making good what they offered their life's blood to obtain.”

If there ever was a time when America had anything to fear from foreign competition, that time has passed.

Such a policy is antagonistic to the fundamental principle of equal and exact justice to all.

In recommending to you that Congress take appropriate action with regard to this agreement, certain facts should be brought to your attention.

We have been vigorously building up a great merchant marine and providing for improvement of marketing in foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law.