 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 Great Problems of British Statesmanship - Página 390por J. Ellis Barker - 1917 - 445 páginasVista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Henry Cabot Lodge - 1877 - 646 páginas
...weakness. If we desire peace, — one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, — it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." As long as the United States adhered to this truly national policy, our dignity, neutrality, and self-respect... | |
 | John Church Hamilton - 1879 - 978 páginas
...reputation of weakness. If we desire peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for war." Their efforts, at this time, to impart firmness to the counsels of the Administration were prompted... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1881 - 830 páginas
...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." Acting upon this hint, Congress, in the spring of 179-1, appropriated (March 11) about $700,000 for... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 536 páginas
...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 — oiie of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity — it must be known that we are, at all... | |
 | United States. Department of the Treasury. Bureau of Navigation - 1885 - 796 páginas
...the rank due the United States among the nations should not be 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 as one of the most powerful instruments of our prosperity it must be known at all times that we are... | |
 | Reunion Society of Vermont Officers - 1906 - 412 páginas
...States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by a reputation for weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, 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... | |
 | George Washington - 1891 - 550 páginas
...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 of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all... | |
 | William Wallace Bates - 1892 - 510 páginas
...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 of our rising prosperity, it must be known that we are at all... | |
 | 1893 - 640 páginas
...the most effectual means of 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 - 1894 - 510 páginas
...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 of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are, at all... | |
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