1914 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Woodrow Wilson February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1914 State of the Union Address 1914 12 08 House Chamber, United States Capitol Washington, D.C.Joint Meetings, Joint Sessions, & Inaugurations US House of Representatives: History, Art & Archives https://history.house.gov/Institution/Joint-Sessions/Joint-Sessions/ history.house.gov 21 October 2024 en 38 53 23 N 77 00 32 W region:US-DC_type inline,title State of the Union Address Woodrow WilsonThomas R. MarshallChamp Clark Previous 1913 State of the Union Address Next 1915 State of the Union Address The 1914 State of the Union Address was given by Woodrow Wilson, the 28th United States president, on Tuesday, December 8, 1914, to both houses of 63rd United States Congress. He concluded it with, "To develop our life and our resources; to supply our own people, and the people of the world as their need arises, from the abundant plenty of our fields and our marts of trade to enrich the commerce of our own States and of the world with the products of our mines, our farms, and our factories, with the creations of our thought and the fruits of our character,-this is what will hold our attention and our enthusiasm steadily, now and in the years to come, as we strive to show in our life as a nation what liberty and the inspirations of an emancipated spirit may do for men and for societies, for individuals, for states, and for mankind."https://www.infoplease.com/primary-sources/government/presidential-speeches/state-union-address-woodrow-wilson-december-8-1914 State of the Union Address: Woodrow Wilson (December 8, 1914) www.infoplease.com In regards to preparedness for World War I, the President said: If asked, Are you ready to defend yourselves? we reply, Most assuredly, to the utmost; and yet we shall not turn America into a military camp. We will not ask our young men to spend the best years of their lives making soldiers of themselves. There is another sort of energy in us. It will know how to declare itself and make itself effective should occasion arise. And especially when half the world is on fire we shall be careful to make our moral insurance against the spread of the conflagration very definite and certain and adequate indeed.Annual Message to Congress (1914) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-103/ 2024-12-31 Teaching American History en-US References Woodrow Wilson's Second State of the Union Address 1914 State of the Union Address 1913 State of the Union Address 1915 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1914 Category:Speeches by Woodrow Wilson Category:Presidency of Woodrow Wilson Category:63rd United States Congress State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:December 1914 in the United States Category:1910s State of the Union addresses