Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"The only question is, When shall we supply it—now or later, after the demands shall have become reproaches that we were so dull and so slow?"

"We are about to set them free; we must not leave them without the tools of action when they are free."

"We must act now, at whatever sacrifice to ourselves."

"I hereby establish the War Industries Board as a separate administrative agency to act for me and under my direction."