Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"It is a new thing in our history and a landmark in our progress."

"It is not an army that we must shape and train for war--it is a Nation."

"In accordance with a request of the Secretary of the Navy, concurred in by the United States Shipping Board, the Secretary of the Treasury is hereby directed to transfer the German vessel Atlas, now a..."

"It is hereby ordered that, through the Secretary of the Navy, there be taken over to the United States the immediate possession and title of and to the German vessel Odenwald and the German vessel Pra..."