Woodrow Wilson: “There is not a single selfish element, so far as I can see, in the cause we are fighting for.”

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

One does not pay a compliment to the American farmer who attempts to alarm him by dangers from foreign competition.

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…

Very little reflection would lead any one to conclude that the measure would not furnish in any substantial degree the relief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers.