 | Wilbur Fisk Gordy, Willis Ira Twitchell - United States - 1893 - 428 pages
...all hang separately. — Benjamin Franklin. We must consult Brother Jonathan, — George Washington. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. — George Washington. Government is a trust, and the officers of the government are trustees ; and... | |
 | Handbooks, vade-mecums, etc - 1893 - 492 pages
...battle was operated by the Spanish in the Don Carlos civil war of 1830. It was Washington who said that to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. Hetman was a title formerly borne by a general of Cossack troops; it was au elective rank, but gave... | |
 | 1893 - 416 pages
...the policy of disarmament. I remember indeed that George Washington declared before Congress that " to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." Allow me, however, to submit, as I do most humbly, whether, in this late age of Christendom, the converse... | |
 | Outdoor recreation - 1893 - 640 pages
...soldiers of our country have been | in its favor. Washington, in .his speech to Congress in 1790, said : " To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace ; " and again, in 1793 : "If we desire to avoid insult ; if we desire to secure peace, it must be known... | |
 | George Washington - Quotations, American - 1894 - 510 pages
...a righteous Providence, and Oi» approbation, of all good men. EC M'GuiBE, DD MEASURES FOR DEFENCE. To be prepared for war, is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. NATIONAL MILITARY DISCIPLINE. HOME MILITARY SUPPLIES. Our safety and our interest require, that we... | |
 | Arthur Glyn Leonard - Camels - 1894 - 360 pages
...recognise in theory the truism of that ancient precept, quoted in more recent times by Washington, that * to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace,' and although we acknowledge the soundness of its principles, British-like we never act up to it. I... | |
 | Elizabeth Bryant Johnston - United States - 1895 - 268 pages
...escorted to the senate-chamber, where both houses were assembled. He urged Congress to remember, " That to be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." He also congratulated the country upon the recent accession to the Union of the important State of North... | |
 | Sheldon and Company - English language - 1895 - 384 pages
...phrase. To bear is to conquer our fate. — CAMPBELL. To be simple is to be great. — • EMERSON. To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. — WASHINGTON. 4. A participle or a participial phrase. Plain living and high thinking are no more.... | |
 | Education - 1898 - 670 pages
...sense entirely clear to him. Beware of using words that a younger person than you would not understand. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." " Sin has many tools, but a lie is a handle that fits them all." "The axis of the earth sticks out... | |
 | Education - 1898 - 956 pages
...sense entirely clear to him. Beware of using words that a younger person than you would not understand. "To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace." "Sin has many tools, but a lie is a handle that fits them all." ' ' The axis of the earth sticks out... | |
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To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace. 
