| Arthur Glyn Leonard - 1896 - 366 páginas
...in one of his speeches to the Houses of Congress, a thought that he borrowed from some old Roman, " To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." A maxim that we, as a nation, would do well to act on, and in conformity with which I would like to see... | |
| Louis Klopsch - 1896 - 382 páginas
...profligate, than it found them. — COI/TON. War is a crime which involves all other crimes. — BROUGHAM. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. — WASHINGTON. War is a terrible trade; but in the cause that is righteous sweet is the smell of powder.... | |
| Robert Pitcher Woodward - 1896 - 440 páginas
...meal, and when questioned by the Doctor if it was a habit of his, he simply quoted: "Washington said, 'To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.' " In less than ten minutes the wisdom of his words was manifest to all. No war so deplorable as internal... | |
| 1896 - 1224 páginas
...interest, or some reward. o. GEORGE WASHINGTON — Letter to John Banister. Valley Forge. April 21, 1778. living heart and hearthstone all p. GEOBGE WASHINGTON — Speech to Both Houses of Congress. Jan. 8, 1790. Nothing except a battle lost... | |
| United States. President - 1897 - 646 páginas
...many interesting objects which will engage your attention that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war...of the most effectual means of preserving peace. A tree people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined; to which end a uniform and well-digested plan... | |
| Joseph Smith (III) - 1897 - 844 páginas
...many interesting objects which will engage your attention, that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war...of the most effectual means of preserving peace.' As the Italian would say: Buono aviso, (Good advice.) "The elder Adams in his inaugural address gives... | |
| Charles Bingham Reynolds - 1897 - 56 páginas
...Washington's: " The aggregate happiness of society is, or ought to be, the end of all government." — " To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." The genii supporting the seals are equipped with Army and Navy swords ; for the Army are the Roman... | |
| Theodore Roosevelt - 1897 - 26 páginas
...Atlantic or the Pacific. THEODORE ROOSEVELT, A ssistan-t Secretary. (JEORUE WASHINGTON. January 8, 1790. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. Annual Address. December 7, 1796. To secure respect to a neutral flag requires a naval force organized... | |
| 1897 - 1126 páginas
...recommend to you to make strict inquiry into that tax." A suggestion of Washington's famous utterance " to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace," is found in the speech which Governor William Cosby uttered to the Assembly, April 25. 1734: "The safety... | |
| 1897 - 836 páginas
...occupation of territory or the bombardment of towns and cities. Hence, the injunction of Washington, that " to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace," comes down to us with peculiar force and with a sacred significance. The great engines of war are now... | |
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