1920 State of the Union Address

Speech by US President Woodrow Wilson February 2026 September 2021 February 2025 1920 State of the Union Address 1920 12 07 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 Format Written Previous 1919 State of the Union Address Next 1921 State of the Union Address The 1920 State of the Union Address was written by the 28th president of the United States, Woodrow Wilson, on Tuesday, December 7, 1920. It was his last address to both houses of the 66th United States Congress. Warren Harding became president on Friday, March 4, 1921. He said, "By this faith, and by this faith alone, can the world be lifted out of its present confusion and despair. It was this faith which prevailed over the wicked force of Germany. You will remember that the beginning of the end of the war came when the German people found themselves face to face with the conscience of the world and realized that right was everywhere arrayed against the wrong that their government was attempting to perpetrate."http://www.infoplease.com/t/hist/state-of-the-union/132.html State of the Union Address: Woodrow Wilson (December 7, 1920) | Infoplease.com infoplease.com 2014-07-17 He is referring to how the United States contributed to the victory of World War I. Notably, the President commented on his vision of America amongst global affairs by saying: Democracy is an assertion of the right of the individual to live and to be treated justly as against any attempt on the part of any combination of individuals to make laws which will overburden him or which will destroy his equality among his fellows in the matter of right or privilege; and I think we all realize that the day has come when Democracy is being put upon its final test. The Old World is just now suffering from a wanton rejection of the principle of democracy and a substitution of the principle of autocracy as asserted in the name, but without the authority and sanction, of the multitude. This is the time of all others when Democracy should prove its purity and its spiritual power to prevail. It is surely the manifest destiny of the United States to lead in the attempt to make this spirit prevail. There are two ways in which the United States can assist to accomplish this great object. First, by offering the example within her own borders of the will and power of Democracy to make and enforce laws which are unquestionably just and which are equal in their administration—laws which secure its full right to Labor and yet at the same time safeguard the integrity of property, and particularly of that property which is devoted to the development of industry and the increase of the necessary wealth of the world. Second, by standing for right and justice as toward individual nations. The law of Democracy is for the protection of the weak, and the influence of every democracy in the world should be for the protection of the weak nation, the nation which is struggling toward its right and toward its proper recognition and privilege in the family of nations.Annual Message to Congress (1920) https://teachingamericanhistory.org/document/state-of-the-union-address-109/ 2025-01-01 Teaching American History en-US References Woodrow Wilson's Eighth State of the Union Address 1920 State of the Union Address 1919 State of the Union Address 1921 State of the Union Address State of the Union addresses 1 1920 Category:Speeches by Woodrow Wilson Category:Presidency of Woodrow Wilson State of the Union Address 2018 State of the Union Address State of the Union Address State of the Union Address Category:December 1920 in the United States State of the Union Address Category:1920s State of the Union addresses State of the Union Address