Divisions amongst us would be fatal to our peace of mind and might seriously stand in the way of the proper performance of our duty as the one great nation at peace, the one people holding itself ready to play a part of impartial mediation and speak the counsels of peace and accommodation, not as a partisan, but as a friend. I venture, therefore, my fellow countrymen, to speak a solemn word of warning to you against that deepest, most subtle, most essential breach of neutrality which may spring out of partisanship, out of passionately taking sides.

–“Address to Congress,”
President Woodrow Wilson,
August 19, 1914

Which statement best expresses the main idea of Wilson’s 1914 speech?

The United States should reject neutrality
The United States should support the Allies.
The United States should stay out of the conflict.
The United States should declare war on Germany.