 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 Writings of George Washington: Life of Washington - Page 489by George Washington, Jared Sparks - 1837Full view - About this book
 | Reunion Society of Vermont Officers - Local history - 1906 - 412 pages
...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 - Presidents - 1891 - 550 pages
...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... | |
 | Outdoor recreation - 1893 - 640 pages
...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 - Quotations, American - 1894 - 510 pages
...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 - Biography - 1895 - 456 pages
...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.) - Washington (D.C.) - 1918 - 476 pages
...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 - Presidents - 1897 - 586 pages
...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, James Daniel Richardson - United States - 1897 - 652 pages
...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... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1897 - 604 pages
...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 Infantry Association - 1896 - 80 pages
...by a reputation of weakness. 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." — WASHINGTON. THE MAINTENANCE OF A STANDING ARMY. A FUNDAMENTAL principle of self-government lastingly... | |
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