Woodrow Wilson actually said...

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

"What great nation in such circumstances would not have taken up arms?"

"Woe be to the man or group of men that seeks to stand in our way in this day of high resolution when every principle we hold dearest is to be vindicated and made secure for the salvation of the nation..."

"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 their cause, as they will some day see it, as well as our o..."