Dec 26, 1918
There is something inspiriting in knowing that this is the errand that we have come on.
Woodrow Wilson
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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.
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Dec 26, 1918
Any influence that the American people have over the affairs of the world is measured by their sympathy with the aspirations of free men everywhere.
Dec 26, 1918
The welcome which you have given me and Mrs. Wilson has been so warm, so natural, so evidently from the heart that we have been more than pleased; we have been touched by it.
Dec 26, 1918
Yet, after I have uttered the word 'courage,' it comes into my mind that it would take more courage to resist the great moral tide now running in the world than to yield to it, than to obey it.
Dec 26, 1918
America does love freedom, and I believe that she loves freedom unselfishly.
Dec 26, 1918
We have used great words, all of us, we have used the great words 'right' and 'justice', and now we are to prove whether or not we understand those words and how they are to be applied to the particular settlements which must conclude this…
Dec 26, 1918
Nothing less than this would have justified me in leaving the important tasks which fall upon me upon the other side of the sea.
Dec 26, 1918
May I not, sir, with a feeling of profound sincerity and friendship and sympathy propose your own health and the health of the Queen, and the prosperity of Great Britain?
Dec 25, 1918
I thank you very warmly, gentlemen, for your greeting and beg to extend to you in the name of my own countrymen the most cordial greetings.
Dec 25, 1918
I think that in spite of all the terrible sufferings and sacrifices of this war we shall some day in looking back upon them realize that they were worth while.
Dec 25, 1918
Even the sea was kind to us this morning and gave us a very pleasant passage.
Dec 24, 1918
It has been a hard thing to take part in directing what you did without coming over and helping you do it.
Dec 24, 1918
It happened that it was the privilege of America to present the chart for peace, and now the process of settlement has been rendered comparatively simple by the fact that all the nations concerned have accepted that chart and that the…
Dec 24, 1918
It is a fine testimony to you men that these people like you and love you and trust you, and the finest part of it all is that you deserve their trust.
Dec 24, 1918
It is an ancient friendship, but it has been renewed and has taken on a new youth.
Dec 24, 1918
I know what you and the people at home expect of me; and I am happy to say, my fellow countrymen, that I do not find in the hearts of the great leaders with whom it is my privilege now to cooperate any difference of principle or of…
Dec 24, 1918
Because this is a war into which our country, like these countries we have been so proud to stand by, has put its whole heart, and the reason that we are proud of you is that you have put your heart into it; you have done your duty, and…
Dec 24, 1918
I feel that I have been peculiarly honored in the generous reception you have given me.
Dec 24, 1918
It has been a hard thing to perform civil tasks in the United States.
Dec 24, 1918
The world will now know that the nations that fought this war, as well as the soldiers who represented them, are ready to make good— make good not merely in the assertion of their own interests, but make good in the establishment of peace…
Dec 24, 1918
I feel a comradeship with you to-day which is delightful as I look about upon these undisturbed fields and think of the terrible scenes through which you have gone and realize now that the quiet peace, the tranquillity of settled hope, has…
Dec 24, 1918
Your very commanders represent you in representing the Nation of which you constitute so distinguished a part.
Dec 24, 1918
Everybody concerned in the settlement knows that it must be a people's peace, that nothing must be done in the settlement of the issues of the war which is not as handsome as the great achievements of the armies of the United States and…
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