We covet peace, and shall preserve it any cost but the loss of honor.
For a little variety … A year and a half after the First World War began and during the week when the Battle of Verdun began America’s President Woodrow Wilson wrote a letter declaring that he would do whatever it took to keep the United States out of the war unless the nation’s honor was at stake. Apparently there was a discrepancy between Germany’s earlier assurances and a newer statement about its use of “undersea warfare” – it was going to use its U-Boats to sink armed merchant ships.
NY Times February 25, 1916
NY Times February 28, 1916
