Woodrow Wilson: “Let no man dare to say, if he would speak the truth, that the question of preparation for national defense is a question…”

It waits with acquiescence, in the first place, for laws which will effectively prohibit and prevent such interlocking of the personnel of the directorates of great corporations—banks and railroads, industrial, commercial and public…

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.

The burdens of war are not lifted when the fighting ceases.