In Europe this story is told more often than in the U. S.:
During the War a crowd of patriots was gathered in old Madison Square Garden to hear the president of Princeton University, President Woodrow Wilson's successor in that office, speak. The crowd saw a benign, slightly-built man walk on the platform, heard him say drowsily: ''I am for peace at any price." They clambered to their feet, booed. Then they heard him add brightly: "But in this case the price of peace is war!" They cheered, cheered, cheered.
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