If this war has accomplished nothing else for the benefit of the world, it has at least disclosed a great moral necessity. . that the principle of public right must henceforth take precedence over the individual interests of particular nations, and that the nations of the world must in some way band themselves together to see that right prevails as against any sort of selfish aggression. -President Woodrow Wilson, 1918 Let us beware how we palter with our independence. . I am as anxious as any human being can be to have the United States render every possible service to the civilization and peace of mankind, but I am certain we can do it best by not putting ourselves in leading strings or subjecting our policies and our sovereignty to other nations. -Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, 1918 These excerpts offer different points of view about- o reasons for entering World War I ratification of the Treaty of Versailles o the terms of a German surrender O U.S. involvement in the League of Nations

If this war has accomplished nothing else for the benefit of the world, it has at least disclosed a great moral necessity. . that the principle of public right must henceforth take precedence over the individual interests of particular nations, and that the nations of the world must in some way band themselves together to see that right prevails as against any sort of selfish aggression. -President Woodrow Wilson, 1918 Let us beware how we palter with our independence. . I am as anxious as any human being can be to have the United States render every possible service to the civilization and peace of mankind, but I am certain we can do it best by not putting ourselves in leading strings or subjecting our policies and our sovereignty to other nations. -Senator Henry Cabot Lodge, 1918 These excerpts offer different points of view about- o reasons for entering World War I ratification of the Treaty of Versailles o the terms of a German surrender O U.S. involvement in the League of Nations