During the Great War, United States President Woodrow Wilson gave an address to Congress in which he stated his Fourteen Points which became his guiding ideology as the moral leader of this war. This address was given following the withdrawal of the great power of Russia from this fight. Wilson both questioned Russia's motives and admired the treaty that they made known as the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk. The former jeopardizes the democratic aspect of the latter. He delivers this speech to offer advice, which will hopefully be followed, to keep peace in the world and prevent another world war. He stated fourteen ideological steps to making that positive. Among these are the removal of economic barriers, the evacuation of Belgium, and reduction of armaments. However, perhaps the most famous of these is his advice to build a peace keeping organization in his suggestion of the League of Nations. Unfortunately, these points did not work out because of the failure of the Treaty of Versailles, but these points were also much too idealistic to ever work when human nature is taken into account.
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