The world must be made safe for democracy

Cultural  

1. Words used by President Woodrow Wilson in 1917 to justify his call for a declaration of war on Germany. The words implied that Germany's militarism threatened democracy everywhere.

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Example Sentences

Wilson stated that the United States had entered the war because “the world must be made safe for democracy”—an admirable goal, but very different from the motives that had plunged Europe into war three years earlier.

From Literature

Wilson is still revered by many as a progressive, internationalist statesman who led America into the first world war with a statement seen as foundational for a century of US foreign policy: “The world must be made safe for democracy.”

From The Guardian

“The world must be made safe for democracy,” Wilson said in his declaration of war to Congress.

From Literature

“The world must be made safe for democracy” expressed Woodrow Wilson’s vision of America’s role in the world.

From Washington Post

That had been spurred by a speech in which Woodrow Wilson threw down the gauntlet to Congress: “The world must be made safe for democracy.”

From The Guardian