This war had its roots in the disregard of the rights of small nations and of nationalities which lacked the union and the force to make good their claim to determine their own allegiances and their own forms of political life. Covenants must now be entered into which will render such things impossible for the future; and those covenants must be backed by the united force of all the nations that love justice and are willing to maintain it at any cost.


Address to Congress: Analyzing German and Austrian Peace Utterances (1918)

Woodrow Wilson Quotes

This war had its roots in the disregard of the rights of small nations and of nationalities which lacked the union and the force to make good their...

This war had its roots in the disregard of the rights of small nations and of nationalities which lacked the union and the force to make good their...

This war had its roots in the disregard of the rights of small nations and of nationalities which lacked the union and the force to make good their...

This war had its roots in the disregard of the rights of small nations and of nationalities which lacked the union and the force to make good their...