So when the furor erupted over WikiLeaks’ recent release of a quarter-million diplomatic cables, I was reminded of Wilson’s 1918 speech in which he put forward “Fourteen Points” for a just peace to end World War I. The first of those fourteen points reads: “Open covenants of peace must be arrived at, after which there will surely be no private international action or rulings of any kind, but diplomacy shall proceed always frankly and in the public view.”
伍德罗•威尔逊在成为美国总统之前，曾任普林斯顿大学的校长，在这所大学里，人们仍然到处可见其身影。我是威尔逊学院的一名研究员。在餐厅对面的墙上，有一幅比真人还大的威尔逊肖像，人们抬头就可以看到他炯炯的目光。Prospect House现在作为学院的餐厅供学者们使用。在他担任这所大学的校长时，他的全家就住在这里。