Wilson's Fourteen Points

On January 8, 1918, President Woodrow Wilson delievered a speech entitled Fourteen Points, in which he address key points that he believed would end the war and provide lasting peace. Some of those points included:

• No more secret treaties
• Self determination
• A League of Nations should be set up to guarantee the political and territorial
         independence of all states.
• Belgium should be independent like before the war

Although Wilson desperately wanted the Allies to see the logic behind his Fourteen Points, they ultimately stirred up more conflict among the Allies then he intended. In the end it was only the last point, which called for the creation of the League of Nations, that was adapted and put into the Treaty of Versailles as a provision.  And even the League of Nations was eventually done away with during World War II when the United Nations was formed. 
The most important of Wilson's Fourteen Points was indeed the creation of the League of Nations.  After all what better way to establish and keep peace then to have an organization in which all of the major countries in the world can come together.  This organization would allow the leaders of certain countries come together and discuss major issues and sort problems out, rather than rushing into a long drawn war.