Woodrow Wilson: “I have not come here to make a speech in the ordinary sense of that term.”

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

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.

Actual relief can come only from the adoption of constructive measures of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere in the world.

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…