Denver labor bulletin., 1918-02-09
WILSON SAID ::

WILSON SAID:
We are the mediating nation of the
world. We are compounded of the
nations OF the world; we mediate their
blood. we mediate their traditions: we
mediate their amusements, their
tastes, their passions; we are our
selves compounded of those things.
We are. therefore. able TO understand
them in the compound, not separately.
as parusans, but unitcdly as knowing
and comprehending and embodying
them all. Il is in that sense that l
mean that America IS a mediating ma
tion.-April 20, 1915.
There will come that dav when he
world will say, This America that we
thought was full Of a multitude Of
contrary counsels now speaks with the
great volume of the hearts accord,
and that great heart Of America has
behind It the supreme moral force of
righteousness and hope and the lib
erty of mankind "-Message to Con-
gress, April 2, 1917.
For US there is but one choice. We
have made it. Woe be to the man or
group of men that seeks to stand in
our way in this day of high resolu-
| NiN-i NAAtAA ever We hOlQ
dearest Is to be vindicated and made
secure for the salvation of the nations.
We are ready to plead at the bar of
! history and our flag shall wear new
\ lustre. Once more we shall make
good with our lives and fortunes the
great faith to which we were born,
and new glory shall shine in the
/ face Of our people.-Flag Day Ad-
dress. June II, 1917.
No peace can last, or ought TO last,
which does not recognize and accent
the principle that governments derive
all their Just powers from the con-
sent Of the governed. and that no
right anywhere exists TO hand people
about from sovereignty to sovereignty
as If they were roperty-Address to
the Senate, January -. 1917.
| No covenant of cooperative peace
/ that does not include the peoples of
! the new world can suffice to keep the
/ future safe against war; and vet
] there Is only one sort Of peace that
| the peoples of America could ioin in
| guaranteeing. The elements of that
I peace must be elements that engage
/ the confidence and satisfy the princi-
/ pies of the American governments.
" .
faith and with the practical convic-
tions which the peoples of America
have one for all embraced and under
taken 10 defend.-Address to the Sen
| ate, January -. 1917.
/ The voices of humanity in the
air grow daily more audi
/ BILE, more articulate, more persuasive.
and they come from the hearts of
men everywhere. They insist that
the war shall not end in vindictive
action Of any kind; that no nation
or people shall be robbed or punished
because the irresponsible rulers of
single country have themselves done
deep and abominablc wrong. 1t is
this thought that has been EXPRESSED
IN the formula, NO aunoNations, no
contributions, no punitive indcmni-
ties The fact that a wrong
use has been made of a lust idea
Is no reason why a right use should
not be made Of it-Addrcss to Con
gress. December /, 1917.
When l say that nobody is allowed
to stand in the way. | don't mean
that they shall be prevented by the
power of the government, but by the
power of the American spirit. Our
NNiAN - We AAN NN AlN TINS great InltlG
and show America to be what we be
lieve her to be, the greatest hope and
energy of the world-then we must
stand together night and day until the
lob is Address to A. f. of
/. Convention. Buffalo, November -,
1917.
The partnership of nations which
must henceforth guarantee the worlds
peace must be partnership of peo-
pies, not n mere partnership of gov
ernments.-Address to Congress, De
cember 4, 1917.
The American people desire peace
by the overwhelming of evil, but the
defeat once and for all of the sinister
forces that interrupt peace and render
it mpossible.-Address to Congress,
December 4. 1917.
When the time comes that we can