Woodrow Wilson actually said...

"I am proud to be President of a Nation which contains so large an element of the Italian race."

"I am very much honored that this great city, playing so important a role in the life and in the industrial endeavor of Italy, should have conferred this high distinction upon me."

"We are not the real makers of war and of peace."

"It will always be a matter of pride with me to remember this association."