 It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which...  The United States of America - Page 645by David Saville Muzzey - 1924Full view - About this book
 | Literature - 1917 - 920 pages
...foundations of political liberty. . . . It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There...terrible and disastrous of all wars. Civilization itself seems to be in the balance; but right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things... | |
 | 1918 - 740 pages
...the necessity of war with Germany, President Wilson said : It is a fearful tiling to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and...civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But tin right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried nearest... | |
 | Education - 1920 - 706 pages
...spokesman of mankind. "It is a fearful thing," he says, "to lead this great peaceful people into wax, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars,...for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their... | |
 | Humanities - 1926 - 536 pages
...an exalted appeal: "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming...fight for the things which we have always carried in our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority, to have a voice in... | |
 | Great Britain - 1918 - 728 pages
...duty, Gentlemen of Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, m«ny months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It...into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars. Civilisation itself seems to be in the balance ; but right is mor« precious than peace, and we shall... | |
 | Roady Kenehan - Blacksmithing - 1917 - 614 pages
...United States: "It is a fearful thing to lead this peaceful people into war, into the most fearful and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance." The reasons which have made war inevitable are set forth in the words with which the President addressed... | |
 | Pennsylvania Society of New York - Bibliography - 1918 - 312 pages
...used ifi 1778. And President Wilson continued : "Civilization itself seems to be in the balance, but right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight...carried nearest our hearts, for democracy . . . for the rights and liberties of small nations, for the universal dominion of right by such a concert of free... | |
 | International law - 1917 - 458 pages
...be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and...the right of those who submit to authority to have voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion... | |
 | International law - 1917 - 462 pages
...be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and...the right of those who submit to authority to have voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion... | |
 | International law - 1917 - 458 pages
...be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and...the right of those who submit to authority to have voice in their own governments, for the rights and liberties of small nations, for a universal dominion... | |
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