 | George Washington - 1894 - 510 sider
...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... | |
 | Columbia Historical Society (Washington, D.C.) - 1918 - 476 sider
...to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity, it 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 - 1896 - 646 sider
...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 - 1897 - 604 sider
...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 - 1908 - 678 sider
...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, 1836. The undersigned, His Britannic Majesty's charge' d'affaires,... | |
 | United States. President - 1897 - 586 sider
...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,... | |
 | Massachusetts - 1897 - 700 sider
...taught them a sentiment, which the late President had often in vain addressed to their understandings, " that if we desire peace, it must be known that we are prepared for war." The history of our intercourse with foreign Nations will he the lasting record of... | |
 | United States Infantry Association - 1896 - 80 sider
...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... | |
 | Edwin Doak Mead - 1899 - 758 sider
...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... | |
 | Worthington Chauncey Ford - 1900 - 382 sider
...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." This was the key-note of the message, and foreign affairs overshadowed every other concern. In supplementary... | |
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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... 
