Woodrow Wilson: “What great nation in such circumstances would not have taken up arms?”

If there ever was a time when America had anything to fear from foreign competition, that time has passed.

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…

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

Clearly, this is no time for the erection here of high trade barriers.