Woodrow Wilson: “I am the friend of peace and mean to preserve it for America so long as I am able.”

The burdens of war are not lifted when the fighting ceases.

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…

The soundness of the principle embodied in Section io seems generally to be admitted.

We shall not witness an immediate satisfactory adjustment of domestic and international trade relations.