Woodrow Wilson: “It is hereby ordered, under authority found in the act of June twenty-one, nineteen hundred and six”

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…

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

Actual relief can come only from the adoption of constructive measures of a broader scope, from the restoration of peace everywhere in the world.

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