Woodrow Wilson: “We must play a great part in the world whether we choose it or not.”

A recommendation at this time that suitable legislative action should be taken may appear somewhat premature, but in view of the approaching termination of my administration I have brought this matter to your attention, hoping that…

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

The reviewing authority should suspend the whole of a sentence when it appears to him that such action will promote the discipline of his command.

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