Fourteen Points
statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I
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President Woodrow Wilson's "Fourteen Points" was a statement of principles he proposed in 1918 to guide peace negotiations and end World War I. The proposal mattered because it outlined Wilson's vision for a fairer international order and influenced the terms of the treaty that eventually ended the war.
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U.S. president Woodrow Wilson in a 1918 portrait
The Fourteen Points was a statement of principles for peace that was to be used for peace negotiations in order to end World War I. The principles were outlined in a January 8, 1918, speech on war aims and peace terms to the United States Congress by President Woodrow Wilson. However, his main Allied colleagues (Georges Clemenceau of France, David Lloyd George of the United Kingdom, and Vittorio Emanuele Orlando of Italy) were skeptical of the applicability of Wilsonian idealism.