...limited Voi. IV.— 17 SURVEY OF GOVERNMENT LANDS AT WEST POINT IN 1839. sense of its utterance. " To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving the peace The United States ought not to indulge a persuasion that, contrary to the order of human...

...Washington remarked in his message, in which he recommended the establishment of a Military Academy; "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." (2.) John Dickenson in one of his " Letters of a Pennsylvania Farmer to the Inhabitants of the British...

...the warnings of our fathers and the dangers we have passed. Washington said to Congress in 1790: — "Among the many interesting objects, which will engage your attention, that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of...

...surround us, facilitating this to a degree but very little appreciated. The trite truism of Washington — "to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace" — that has been so often repeated, applies now with added force. The fact that we are prepared to...

...Chambers's Cyc. of Literature, Vol. ii. /. 10. •374 Dichinson. — Adams. 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. JOHN DICKINSON. 1732-1808. Then join in...

...not do better than quote the words of Washington: — (From Inaugural Speech, April 30th, 1789.) " Among the many interesting objects which will engage your attention, that of providing for the common defense will merit particular regard. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of...

...Sarah Tytler, to Jean Adam, 1710-1765. Washington. — Jefferson. 405 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, 1 790. THOMAS JEFFERSON. 1743-1826. The God who...

...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...

...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...

...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...