...America's inception, "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...

...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 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...

...defeatist policies which have kept our country defenseless for too long. George Washington once said, "If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it." Why are North Korea and Iran pursuing advanced missile technology at breakneck speed? These terrorist...

...deranges every plan as fast as adopted. To John Hancock, Heights of Harlem, September 25, 1776 Insult If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it. Fifth Annual Address to Congress, Philadelphia, December 3, 1793 Integrity Integrity and firmness is...

...defeatist policies which have kept our country defenseless for too long. George Washington once said, "If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it." It is my hope that this hearing has made it clear that there is no longer a treaty preventing the United...

...Washington also emphasized military defense. In his annual address to Congress for 1793, he stressed, "If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it." Washington's supporters in Congress beat back attempts to scuttle plans for an American navy. Congress...

...Seeking to Avoid the Choice between Surrender or 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...

...States among nations that 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...

...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...

...nations," said Washington, "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 prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times...