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.
May 26, 1918
Our financial program must no more be left in doubt or suffered to lag than our ordnance program or our ship program or our munitions program, or our program for making millions of men ready.
May 26, 1918
I cannot assure the country of a successful Administration of the Treasury in 1918 if the question of further taxation is to be left undecided until 1919.
May 10, 1918
To pray Almighty God that He may forgive our sins and shortcomings as a people and purify our hearts to see and love the truth
May 10, 1918
I do hereby proclaim Thursday, the thirtieth day of May, a day already freighted with sacred and stimulating memories, a day of public humiliation, prayer and fasting
May 10, 1918
I beseech Him that He will give victory to our armies as they fight for freedom, wisdom to those who take counsel on our behalf in these days of dark struggle and perplexity
May 10, 1918
To promote cooperation in research, at home and abroad, in order to secure concentration of effort, minimize duplication, and stimulate progress; but in all cooperative undertakings to give encouragement to individual initiative, as…
May 10, 1918
It being a duty peculiarly incumbent in a time of war humbly and devoutly to acknowledge our dependence on Almighty God and to implore His aid and protection
Mar 13, 1918
By virtue of the power and authority vested in me by the aforesaid acts of Congress do hereby prescribe, proclaim and make known
Jan 3, 1918
I am sure that I am speaking the mind of all thoughtful Americans when I say that it is our duty as the representatives of the nation to do everything that it is necessary to do to secure the complete mobilization of the whole resources of…
Jan 3, 1918
To assume control of the vast railway systems of the country is, I realize, a very great responsibility.
Dec 30, 1917
It is hereby ordered, under authority found in the act of June twenty-first, nineteen hundred and six.
Dec 25, 1917
Until and except so far as said Director shall from time to time by general or special orders otherwise provide, the Boards of Directors, Receivers, officers and employees of the various transportation systems shall continue the operation…
Dec 25, 1917
By subsequent order and proclamation, if and when it shall be found necessary or desirable, possession, control, or operation may be taken of all or any part of such street railway systems, including subways and tunnels; and by subsequent…
Dec 25, 1917
It is hereby directed that the possession, control, operation and utilization of such transportation systems hereby by me undertaken shall be exercised by and through Wm. G. McAdoo, who is hereby appointed and designated Director General…
Dec 16, 1917
I hereby create, under the jurisdiction of the Committee on Public Information, heretofore established by Executive Order of April 14th, 1917, a Division of Foreign Picture Service for the purpose of stimulating interest in the war and…
Dec 6, 1917
I further hereby vest in the Secretary of the Treasury the power and authority to issue at any time, upon such terms and conditions as the Secretary of the Treasury may deem proper and as are not inconsistent with law, or to refuse, a…
Dec 6, 1917
I hereby prohibit any and all foreign insurance companies from doing business within the United States after February 1, 1918, unless such companies shall first obtain from the Secretary of the Treasury licenses to do business.
Dec 3, 1917
It is impossible to apply any standard of justice so long as such forces are unchecked and undefeated as the present masters of Germany command.
Dec 3, 1917
Our present and immediate task is to win the war, and nothing shall turn us aside from it until it is accomplished.
Dec 3, 1917
We shall regard the war as won only when the German people say to us, through properly accredited representatives, that they are ready to agree to a settlement based upon justice and the reparation of the wrongs their rulers have done.
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