Edith Bolling Galt (1872-1961)
Vice President Thomas R. Marshall (1913-1921)
It is a fearful thing
to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible
and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be
in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and
we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest
our hearts, for the right of those who submit to authority to
have a voice in their own governments ................to such
a task we can dedicate our lives and our fortunes, everything
that we are and everything that we have, with the pride of those
who know that the day has come when America is privileged to
spend her blood and her might for the principles that gave her
birth and happiness and the peace which she has treasured. God
helping her, she can do no other.
War Message,
April 1917
When Wilson died and went to heaven, according
to a popular story, he encountered Moses while walking the golden
streets of Jerusalem. "You are Mr. Wilson, are you not?"
asked Moses. "I am." "I am very sorry for you,"
said Moses. "Why so?" asked Wilson. "Weren't you
Woodrow Wilson, President of the United States?" "I
was". "And didn't you issue the Fourteen Points for
the settlement of the Great War?" "I did." "Well",
said Moses, I am sorry for you, because they have done such dreadful
things to your Fourteen Points." "For the matter of
that", returned Wilson, "I should advise you to go
back to the earth and see what they have done to your Ten Commandments!"
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