WW1:

Fact:

The Redcoats marched on to concord where they found about 350 Minutemen waiting. Nearly 100 colonist were killed or wounded in the two battles and their return to bostomn, the British suffered 250 dead or wounded

"The world must be made safe for democracy...We have no selfish ends to serve. we desire no conquest, no dominion. We seek no indemnities for ourselves, no material compensation for the sacrifice we shall freely make. We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind...."
-President Wilson