Woodrow Wilson: “For what we are seeking now, what in my mind is the single thought of this message, is national efficiency and security.”

I suggest to my fellow-countrymen that the circles around their Christmas trees will be incomplete unless, mingled with their own expectant children, they shall visualize some of the waifs of Central Europe.

I am not convinced that the method proposed is wise, that the benefits, if any, would offset the evils which would result, or that the same or larger advantages cannot be secured without resort to Government intervention.

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.

an extraordinary occasion requires the Senate of the United States to convene at the Capitol, in the District of Columbia, on the fourth day of March next, at twelve o'clock noon