 Convinced as I am, that a government is the murderer of its , citizens, which sends them to the field uninformed and untaught, where they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle...  The World's Work - Page 321916Full view - About this book
 | Frederic Louis Huidekoper - United States - 1911 - 36 pages
...after the Revolution, General Richard Henry Lee, the commander of the famous Partisan Legion, wrote: 2 "A government is the murderer of its citizens which...they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle." 1Upton, p. 71. 'Lee's Memoirs, vol. I, p. 186.... | |
 | United States. War Department - 1912 - 540 pages
...wit of man can devise) shall avail themselves of the occasional testimony to produce a great result. Convinced as I am that a government is the murderer...they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle, I can not withhold my denunciation of its wickedness... | |
 | Arbitration (International law) - 1912 - 922 pages
...resources in men and material. You will remember that Light Horse Harry Lee, of Revolutionary fame, said: "Convinced as I am that a government is the murderer of its citizens which sends them to the field uniformed and untaught, where they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education... | |
 | Freemasonry - 1914 - 614 pages
...attention to the assertion of Gen. Henry Lee ("Light Horse Harry"), of Revolutionary fame, who said: "A government is the murderer of its citizens which sends them to the field unnniformcd and untaught, where they are to meet men of the same age and strength mechanized by education... | |
 | Richard Stockton - United States - 1915 - 258 pages
...the green officer, serving to the best of his ability, but the government which sends him, saying: Convinced as I am that a government is the murderer...they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle, * The Valor of Ignorance. I cannot withhold my denunciation... | |
 | Leonard Wood - History - 1915 - 116 pages
...wit of man can devise) shall avail themselves of the occasional testimony to produce a great result. Convinced as I am that a government is the murderer...they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle, I cannot withhold my denunciation of its wickedness... | |
 | Howard Duryée Wheeler - United States - 1915 - 316 pages
...Richard Henry Lee, commander of the famous Partisan Legion. Years after the Revolution, Lee said this: "A government is the murderer of its citizens which...they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle." CHAPTER X WELL? WHAT are we going to do about it... | |
 | Frederic Louis Huidekoper - United States - 1915 - 806 pages
...distinguished itself. It was apropos of them that General Henry Lee wrote in his memoirs ( I, p. 97 ) that " A GOVERNMENT IS THE MURDERER OF ITS CITIZENS...THEM TO THE FIELD UNINFORMED AND UNTAUGHT, WHERE THEY ABE TO MEET MEN OF THE SAME AGE AND STRENGTH, MECHANIZED BY EDUCATION AND DISCIPLINE FOB BATTLE." one... | |
 | Naval art and science - 1916 - 308 pages
...apathy with which the mass regards any attempt to build up a proper and adequate defense. He said: "Convinced as I am that a Government is the murderer...they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle, I cannot withhold my denunciation of its wickedness... | |
 | United States - 1916 - 544 pages
...wit of man can devise) shall avail themselves of the occasional testimony to produce a great result. Convinced as I am that a government is the murderer...they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle, I can not withhold my denunciation of its wickedness... | |
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