 The nation that cannot resist aggression is constantly exposed to it. Its foreign policy is of necessity weak, and its negotiations are conducted with disadvantage, because it is not in condition to enforce the terms dictated by its sense of right and...  Grover Cleveland - Page 210by William Osborn Stoddard - 1888 - 263 pagesFull view - About this book
 | United States. Department of State - United States - 1886 - 1062 pages
...admit the importance of an effective Navy to a nation like ours, having such an extended sea-coast to protect. And yet we have not a single vessel of...citizens, that the day is not, very far distant when oar Navy will be such as befits onr standing among the nations of the earth, and rejoiced at every... | |
 | United States. Navy Dept - Naval art and science - 1893 - 652 pages
...vessel of any important power. Such a condition ought not longer to continue. The nation that can not resist aggression is constantly exposed to it. Its foreign policy is of necessity weak, ami its negotiationn are conducted with disadvantage, because it is not in condition to enforce the... | |
 | United States. President - United States - 1894 - 1000 pages
...ships. If our Government in the future is to have naval strength enough to command the peace and be in condition to "enforce, the terms dictated by its sense of right and justice" it must have more battle ships, and must build a reasonable number of torpedo boats. l'or the defense... | |
 | United States Naval Institute - Marine engineering - 1897 - 892 pages
...vessel of any important power. Such a condition ought not longer to continue. The nation that can not resist aggression is constantly exposed to it. Its...terms dictated by its sense of right and justice. BENJAMIN HARRISON. December 9, 1891. When it is recollected that the work of building a modern Navy... | |
 | James Daniel Richardson, United States. President - Presidents - 1899 - 954 pages
...vessel of any important power. Such a condition ought not longer to continue. The nation that can not resist aggression is constantly exposed to it. Its...necessity weak and its negotiations are conducted •\vith disadvantage because it is not in condition to enforce the terms dictated by its sense of... | |
 | United States. President - Presidents - 1896 - 932 pages
...foreign policy is of necessity weak and its negotiations are conducted tvith disadvantage l>ecause it is not in condition to enforce the terms dictated...the hope, shared by all patriotic citizens, that the iay is not very far distant when our Xavy \rill besuch as befits our standing among the nations of... | |
 | Grover Cleveland - Presidents - 1908 - 620 pages
...vessel of any important power. Such a condition ought not longer to continue. The nation that can not resist aggression is constantly exposed to it. Its...Inspired, as I am, by the hope, shared by all patriotic citiae-.is, that the day is not very far distant when our Navy will be such as befits our standing... | |
 | Richard Stockton - United States - 1915 - 258 pages
...importance of an effective navy to a nation like ours, having such an extensive seacoast to protect. The nation that cannot resist aggression is constantly...terms dictated by its sense of right and justice. The defenseless condition of our seacoast and lake frontier is perfectly palpable. The absolute necessity,... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1916 - 308 pages
...importance of an effective navy to a nation like ours, having such an extensive seacoast to protect. The nation that cannot resist aggression is constantly...terms dictated by its sense of right and justice. "The defenseless condition of our seacoast and lake frontier is perfectly palpable. The absolute necessity,... | |
 | 1922 - 40 pages
...vessel of any important power. Such a condition ought not longer to continue. The nation that can not resist aggression is constantly exposed to it. Its...terms dictated by its sense of right and justice. BENJAMIN HARRISON. December 9, 1891. When it is recollected that the work of building a modern Navy... | |
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