Woodrow Wilson: “We have got to be either ostriches or eagles.”

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…

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.