Woodrow Wilson: “Let us have faith that right makes might, and in that faith let us dare to do our duty as we understand it”

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

Very little reflection would lead any one to conclude that the measure would not furnish in any substantial degree the relief sought by the producers of most of the staple commodities which it covers.

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 reviewing authority should suspend the whole of a sentence when it appears to him that such action will promote the discipline of his command.