President Wilson's intention by saying 'The effect of the war upon the United States will depend upon what American citizens say and do', is that the choice to fight is in the peoples actions. Wilson understands, as a member of the US government, many people from other nations live under the rule of the US. One reason so many people came to the United States was the neutrality portrayed by them. For example, 'The people of the United States are drawn from many nations, and chiefly from the nations now at war.', this illustrates how many different peoples came to America to flee the war. 3 years later, President Wilson changed his stance on the war '...put the country in a more thorough state of defense but also to exert all its power and employ