 | Frank P. King - 1997 - 260 sidor
...all, the riddle of US defense policy. In his fifth annual message to Congress, he put it eloquently: "If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to...it must be known that we are at all times ready for war."31 George Washington is the perfect example, the finest possible model, of a leader who used power... | |
 | David P. Currie - 1997 - 356 sidor
...in any event, "[i]f we desire to avoid insult, we must repel it; if we desire to secure peace, ... it must be known that we are at all times ready for war."64 Congress took its time in responding, but ultimately it enacted a package of defense measures... | |
 | George Washington - 1999 - 142 sidor
...sincere wish. To Jonathan Boucher, Mount Vernon, August 15, 1798 If we desire to secure peace, ... it must be known that we are at all times ready for war. Fifth Annual Address to Congress, Philadelphia, December 3, 1793 Perfection Perfection falls not to... | |
 | Marvin Olasky - 2000 - 324 sidor
...that the money was spent quickly and efficiently. "If we desire to secure peace," Washington insisted, "it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." He also emphasized the need tor an army college to ensure the United States "an adequate stock of military... | |
 | Stanley J. Michalak - 2001 - 260 sidor
...War If we desire to avoid insult, we must be ready to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, . . . it must be known that we are at all times ready for war. — President George Washington Whatever enables us to go to war, secures our peace. — Thomas Jefferson... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 sidor
...history of every other nation abounds. "There is a rank due to the United States among nations that will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation...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 - 1917 - 596 sidor
...duties toward us. The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that, contrary to the ordv.-r of human events, they will forever keep at a distance...be known that we are at all times ready for war." THEODORE ROOSEVELT. THB WHITE HOUSE, April 14, jpoS. VETO MESSAGES Fo the House of Representatives:... | |
 | Will Morrisey - 2005 - 294 sidor
...rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by a reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult,...be known that we are at all times ready for war." Therefore, Americans should not only arm themselves, but deliberately promote "such manufactories as... | |
 | Laura Ingraham - 2006 - 404 sidor
...must be the last option available — but it must be available. As George Washington so wisely said, "if we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to...be known that we are at all times ready for War." But the Euro-elites instead fetishize "peace." During a 2002 speech in London, the Finnish prime minister... | |
 | John Milton Mackie, Frank E. Grizzard - 2006 - 170 sidor
...must be able 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."41* In harmony with these views, it may be added, the importance of national defense, of an armed... | |
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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 of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war. 
