 | G.W. Carleton & Co - 1878 - 360 lapas
...specious name, WAK'S glorious art, and gives immortal fame. YOUNG, Love of .Fame, satire vii. line 55. — To be prepared for WAR is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. — WASHINGTON, Speech to both Houses of Congress, January 8, 1790. — WAK even to the knife. [This... | |
 | John Bartlett - 1881 - 892 lapas
...all; By uniting we stand, by dividing we fall. The Liberty Song. (1768.) GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1732-1799. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. 1 Speech to both Houses of Congress, January 8. 1790. THOMAS JEFFERSON. 1743-1826. The God who gave... | |
 | 1911 - 458 lapas
...possibilities of humanity. — Henry Cabot Lodge, in "American Statesmen Series." Sayings of Washington To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means for preserving peace. Citizens, by birth or choice, of a common country, that country has a right to... | |
 | Samuel Arthur Bent - 1882 - 638 lapas
...inauguration, at New York, 1789. In peace prepare for war. In a speech to Congress, Jan. 8, 1790, he said, " To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." The Latin proverb, " Si vis paccm, para Mlum " (If you wish peace, prepare for war), is not to be found... | |
 | Voice, J. E. - 1883 - 212 lapas
...military glory, which really seems the most fruitful source of human misery. — S. Smith. War and peace. To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. — G. Washington. Watchfulness. As it is of no use to watch and shut one gate of a city against an... | |
 | Christian ethics - 1883 - 296 lapas
...in awe ; To murder thousands takes a specious name, — War's glorious art, and gives immortal fame. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. If you desire peace prepare for war. War, war, is still the cry, — war even to the knife. The existence... | |
 | 1883 - 502 lapas
...their glimmering tapers to the sun." Crabbe. "And hold their farthing candle to the sun." Young. 89. " To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace." Washington. "Qui desiderat pacem, praeparet bellum." Vegetius "In pace, ut sapiens, apta... | |
 | Familiar quotations - 1883 - 942 lapas
...Tytler, to Jean Adam (1710-1765). 368 WASHINGTON. — ADAMS. — DICKINSON. GEORGE WASHINGTON. 1732-1799. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.1 Speech to both Houtei of Congrtss, January 8, 1790. JOHN ADAMS. 1735-1826. The second day of... | |
 | Julia B. Hoitt - 1890 - 426 lapas
...never gain the respect and conciliate the esteem of the truly valuable part of mankind. Washington To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. Washington In my opinion, there never was a good war or a bad peace. Frankhn We hold these truths to... | |
 | Minnesota State Horticultural Society - 1889 - 498 lapas
...that the last speaker was invariably ahead, it also reminded me of the words of Gen. Washington — "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.'' I have been somewhat discontented in Minnesota since my return from Iowa, to think that the young people... | |
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. 
