Woodrow Wilson: “I knew that all a university could do if it knew its business was to interpret the moral forces of the world.”

We have been vigorously building up a great merchant marine and providing for improvement of marketing in foreign countries by the passage of an export trade law.

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…

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

In recommending to you that Congress take appropriate action with regard to this agreement, certain facts should be brought to your attention.