Woodrow Wilson actually said...

It is plain enough how we were forced into the war.

This flag under which we serve would have been dishonoured had we withheld our hand.

They did not originate or desire this hideous war or wish that we should be drawn into it; and we are vaguely conscious that we are fighting...

We are accountable at the bar of history and must plead in utter frankness what purpose it is we seek to serve.