 There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments...  The Life of George Washington - Seite 442von Jared Sparks - 1839 - 562 SeitenVollansicht - Über dieses Buch
 | United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Navigation - 1885 - 796 Seiten
...weakness. If we desire to avoid insult we must; be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace as one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity it must be known at all times that we are ready for war. It is probable that our future wars, if we should be unfortunately... | |
 | Reunion Society of Vermont Officers - 1906 - 412 Seiten
...we must be able to repel it. If we desire peace, one of the most powerful instruments in our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." This would seem ridiculous did we not know that our unreadiness may be the prelude to a national tragedy.... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 550 Seiten
...able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war. The documents, which will be presented to you, will show the amount and kinds of arms and military... | |
 | 1893 - 640 Seiten
...preserving peace ; " and again, in 1793 : "If we desire to avoid insult ; if we desire to secure peace, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." John Adams, in 1815, thus expressed himself : " The delightful imaginations of universal and perpetual... | |
 | George Washington - 1894 - 510 Seiten
...able to repel it. If we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are, at all times, ready for war. OFFENSIVE OPERATIONS. 1793. Offensive operations, oftentimes, are the surest, if not in some cases... | |
 | Ainsworth Rand Spofford, Frank Weitenkampf, John Porter Lamberton - 1895 - 456 Seiten
...quoted since, "If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." During Washington's second term, even more than in his first, there were violent dissensions in his... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1918 - 476 Seiten
...when he announced that celebrated doctrine : "There is a rank due the United States among Nations. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel...must be known that we are at all times ready for war. ' ' It is because we have not heeded this profound admonition of the Father of his Country, in the... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 586 Seiten
...able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war. ANDREW JACKSON. WASHINGTON, January 27, The undersigned, His Britannic Majesty's charge' d'affaires,... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 604 Seiten
...able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war. ] The documents which will be presented to you will shew the amount and kinds of arms and military... | |
 | United States. President, James Daniel Richardson - 1897 - 652 Seiten
...able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war. The documents which will be presented to you will shew the amount and kinds of arms and military stores... | |
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