Not only that, but I do insist that they should be debated more fairly.
Woodrow Wilson
The Public Record
Woodrow Wilson was the 28th President of the United States, serving from 1913 to 1921. A member of the Democratic Party, he was born in Virginia and raised in Georgia before moving to New Jersey, where he became a prominent political figure. Wilson was a key leader of the Progressive Movement, advocating for reforms such as antitrust legislation and the establishment of the Federal Reserve System. His presidency is also noted for significant events such as the United States' involvement in World War I and his efforts to promote the League of Nations, an international organization aimed at preventing future conflicts.
There is not the least danger that America, after a treaty has been drawn up exactly along the specifications stipulated by America, will desert its associates.
We have got to know what the truth is and insist that everybody shall know what the truth is, and, above all things else, we must see that the United States is not defeated of its destiny.
I admit that there are debatable things, but I do not admit that they need be debated so long.
I don't know your name; I don't know your face; but your manners are very familiar.
This is a treaty not merely for the peoples who were represented at the peace table but for the people who were the subjects of the governments whose wrongs were forever ended by the victory on the fields of France.
It is our duty to look in the face the real circumstances of the world in order that we may not be unfaithful to the great duty which America undertook in the hour and day of her birth.
The immediate need of this country and of the world is peace not only, but settled peace, peace upon a definite and well-understood foundation.
We are a people that redeems its honor. We are not, and never will be, quitters.
The characteristic of this treaty is that it gives liberty to peoples who never could have won it for themselves.
We can not release the great industrial and economic power of America and let it run free until there are channels that are free in which it can run.
Germany felt the pinch of the blockade more than she felt the stress of the blow.





