Homer S. Cummings

“ Heady criticism of minor defects and individual officials may for a time attract a superficial attention, but the significant things, the great outstanding facts of the last six years, plead eloquently for the Democratic cause. Not only were these results accomplished under Democratic authority, but the very terms upon which hostilities came to an end were formulated by a Democratic president.
Our leader has become the world's leader. In very truth, the hopes of mankind look to the American President. It is his purpose to secure a just and enduring peace. ”

“ An army of three million men was organized, and more than two million soldiers, fully equipped, well officered, and indomitable in spirit, was safely transported across three thousand miles of seas, where it turned the tide of battle, won imperishable glory, and triumphed in the greatest war that the world has ever known. ”

“ The best thought of the world is in accord with that purpose. The ghastly tragedy which has overwhelmed the souls of men, the unspeakable horror which for four long years has desecrated the faith of God's fair fields must be banished forever. ”