Many believed it was too idealistic of Wilson to believe everyone would follow all the points. Others believed Wilson should have made more concessions and agreements when discussing his plan with the other leaders. Some individuals fully believed in and supported Wilson with his Fourteen Points (Wilson's Fourteen Points, 1918). I believe Wilson had the best intentions when creating his Fourteen Points. It drew out guidelines countries would have to follow. The ultimate goal was peace, and Wilson did a good job outlining rules that would create this peace. However, I do agree with some critics when they say that Wilson was being too idealistic. It would be extremely hard to get everyone to agree to each and every point. Not only if the others agree to the points, what is the chance they follow the guidelines all the way through? Ultimately, I believe many nations would have broken the promises agreed to in the Fourteen Points. While almost every point addressed by Wilson in his Fourteen Points is important, there is one point that seems to hold the most importance in order to create the peace in which the goal was of the document. Point number three is the most important: “The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance” (Pearson). This point is the
Many believed it was too idealistic of Wilson to believe everyone would follow all the points. Others believed Wilson should have made more concessions and agreements when discussing his plan with the other leaders. Some individuals fully believed in and supported Wilson with his Fourteen Points (Wilson's Fourteen Points, 1918). I believe Wilson had the best intentions when creating his Fourteen Points. It drew out guidelines countries would have to follow. The ultimate goal was peace, and Wilson did a good job outlining rules that would create this peace. However, I do agree with some critics when they say that Wilson was being too idealistic. It would be extremely hard to get everyone to agree to each and every point. Not only if the others agree to the points, what is the chance they follow the guidelines all the way through? Ultimately, I believe many nations would have broken the promises agreed to in the Fourteen Points. While almost every point addressed by Wilson in his Fourteen Points is important, there is one point that seems to hold the most importance in order to create the peace in which the goal was of the document. Point number three is the most important: “The removal, so far as possible, of all economic barriers and the establishment of an equality of trade conditions among all the nations consenting to the peace and associating themselves for its maintenance” (Pearson). This point is the