 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
 | Leonard Wood - United States - 1921 - 266 pages
...world, fails to make adequate preparations to guard what she has. 52 CHAPTER III PAST NATIONAL POLICY "A government is the murderer of its citizens which...they are to meet men of the same age and strength mechanized by education and disciplined for battle." — General Richard Henry Lee. We are a warlike,... | |
 | William Addleman Ganoe - United States - 1924 - 650 pages
...and many lost for lack of them. When it was all over "Light Horse Harry" Lee made this tragic lament: "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... | |
 | Military art and science - 1928 - 742 pages
...General "Light Horse Harry" Lee, father of Robert E. Lee, wrote, Convinced as I am that a government is a murderer of its citizens which sends them to the field...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... | |
 | Education - 1916 - 466 pages
...of the Revolution. Old Light Horse HARRY LEE summed the situation as follows: "That government is a murderer of its citizens which sends them to the field...they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle.' ' Those words are just as true and just as applicable... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Select Committee on Post-war Military Policy - Draft - 1945 - 638 pages
...Henry Lee, a distinguished officer in the Revolution, was more outspoken : A government — lie said, is the murderer of its citizens which sends them to...they are. to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized ììy education and discipline for battle. B. The War of 1812 The Capitol at Washington... | |
 | United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Armed Services - Draft - 1952 - 626 pages
...traditions of which we are proud and those we should shed with shame. Gen. Henry Lee, in his memoirs, said: Government is the murderer of its citizens which sends...they are to meet men of the same age and strength, mechanized by education and discipline for battle. I know from bitter experience in the mountains of... | |
 | Barrett Tillman - Manpower - 2007 - 266 pages
...dreaded words: "Greetings from the President of the United States." 57 Chapter Three We Need Training "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." — Major General Henry "Light Horse Harry" Lee,... | |
 | Robert Marion La Follette - Inventors - 1904 - 490 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... | |
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