 | Industrial College of the Armed Forces (U.S.) - 1965 - 360 trang
...deterrence of military attack on the United States. In his message to Congress on December 3, 1793, he said: "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 ready to repel... | |
 | Ohio State University. Alumni Association - 1915 - 550 trang
...human events, they will forever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due...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... | |
 | Matthew Spalding, Patrick J. Garrity - 1996 - 244 trang
...interests or passions.47 In his Fifth Annual Message to Congress in 1793, Washington had remarked that "there is a rank due to the United States, among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness." A proper and favorable reputation with foreign nations... | |
 | George Washington - 1999 - 142 trang
...and involved in their destructive wars. To Chevalier de la Luzerne, Mount Vernon, February 7, 1788 There is a rank due to the United States among nations which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. Fifth Annual Address to Congress, Philadelphia, December... | |
 | Mary Mostert - 2004 - 230 trang
...human events, they will forever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the 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 of weakness. If we desire to avoid... | |
 | United States. President - 1917 - 596 trang
...human events, they will forever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due...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... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 trang
...they will forever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, il not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able... | |
 | Will Morrisey - 2005 - 294 trang
...independence require a reason-ruled military: "A free people ought not only to be armed, but disciplined." "There is a 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, we must be able to repel... | |
 | United States. War Department. General Staff - 256 trang
...efforts, they will forever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms, with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due...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 ready to... | |
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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... 
