Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"They cannot in honor withhold the service to which they are now about to be challenged."

"They imply, first of all, that it must be a peace without victory."

"It is inconceivable that the people of the United States should play no part in that great enterprise."

"That service is nothing less than this, to add their authority and their power to the authority and force of other nations to guarantee peace and justice throughout the world."