Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"I feel that I have been peculiarly honored in the generous reception you have given me."

"It has been a hard thing to perform civil tasks in the United States."

"How everybody at home is proud of you; how everybody at home has followed every movement of this great Army with confidence and affection; and how the whole people of the United States are now waiting..."

"A thrill has gone through my heart, as it has gone through the heart of every American, with almost every gun that was fired and every stroke that was struck in the gallant fighting that you have done..."