Woodrow Wilson

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He was a 3.  A lot of the judgements in this thread have the benefit of hindsight that Wilson did not have.  His 14 points were not universally endorsed or adopted by the other victors.  Consider this quote from Clemenceau: "God gave us his ten commandments, and we broke them.  Wilson gives us his fourteen points, and we shall see."   Wilson cannot be held responsible for WWII.  It was a European problem.  It would have happened with Hughes as president as well as with Wilson.  It would have happened if we would have entered the war in 1914 or stayed out all together.  It would have happened with the complete adoption or complete rejection of the 14 points.  Even a Marshall plan type response wouldn't have prevented it.  Too much nationalism and distrust in Europe at the time.  Wilson could have done better with the war, and he could have done worse.  Similar fir domestic issues.  He was a mediocer president.