 | Industrial College of the Armed Forces (U.S.) - 1965 - 360 Seiten
...must be ready to repel it; if we desire peace, one of the most powerful institutions of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." 10 Little heed was paid to Washington's warning, but the costly lessons of two world wars and the awesome... | |
 | 876 Seiten
...which show the trend of civilian thinking. GEORGE WASHINGTON'S dictum "If we desire to secure peace ... it must be known that we are at all times ready for war" was never more valid than in 1947, when, as seldom in history, the world's military strength was divided... | |
 | William Gifford, Sir John Taylor Coleridge, John Gibson Lockhart, Whitwell Elwin, William Macpherson, William Smith, Sir John Murray IV, John Murray, Rowland Edmund Prothero (Baron Ernle), George Walter Prothero - 1908 - 674 Seiten
...on only one condition, and that is, on condition of building and maintaining a first-class navy. If we desire to avoid insult we must be able to repel...peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war.' These words may be commended... | |
 | Ohio State University. Alumni Association - 1915 - 550 Seiten
...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...peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." And in his eighth address... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1918 - 462 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. Congress. House. Committee on Foreign Affairs - 1983 - 438 Seiten
...Country, George Washington, expressed the same maxim in these words: "If we desire to secure peace ... it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." National security requires informing our adversary publicly in advance what weapons we have and what... | |
 | William Safire, Leonard Safir - 1990 - 436 Seiten
...Preparedness (Military) Let him who desires peace prepare for war. — Flavius Vegetius Renatus If we desire to avoid insult we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for... | |
 | Suzy Platt - 1992 - 550 Seiten
...know the enemy's numbers, but still more important to know the enemy's philosophy.—GK Chesterton If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel...peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War.— George Washington The... | |
 | Charles W. Freeman, Jr. - 1995 - 616 Seiten
...gained anything valuable by being unprepared to defend itself." HL Mencken, 1926 325 Readiness: "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." George Washington Reassignment: See "Postings"... | |
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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... 
