The world must be made safe for democracy. its peace must be planted upon the tested foundations of political liberty. we have no selfish ends to serve. we desire no conquest, no dominion. we seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifices we shall freely make. we are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. we shall be satisfied when those rights have been made as secure as the faith and the freedom of nations can make them.

this statement came immediately before which of the following?

a) the bombing of pearl harbor by imperial japan

b) the establishment of the league of nations

c) the entry of the united states into world war i

d) the sinking of the lusitania by german submarines