...liberty only to those who love it, and are always ready to guard and defend it." — Daniel Webster "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 he known, that we are at all...

...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 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 a 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...

...Washington, '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 adds the significant equation between the defence of peace and the defence of wealth (what today...

...Britain and other conservative states — and the presence of foreign gunboats close to America's shores. "If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it," Washington told Congress in December 1793. Agreeing with the president, Congress finally opened a debate...

...Washington alluded to the young Nation's need to defend itself: "If we desire to avoid insult,' he noted, "we must be able to repel it. If we desire to secure the peace, it must be known that we are at all times ready for war." Your Navy today, sir, is still...