 | Benson John Lossing, John Fiske, Woodrow Wilson - 1902 - 554 pages
...officers and crews of coast-line steamers, long-shore schooners, fishing-vessels, and steam-yachts, together with the coast population about such centres...disaster than to be "opulent, aggressive, and unarmed." The Army. — It is not necessary to increase our army beyond its present size at this time. But it... | |
 | Robert Cornelius V. Meyers - 1902 - 638 pages
...interference of any outside nation from any quarter. He recommends a great strengthening of our naval force. "The American people must either build and maintain...disaster than to be 'opulent, aggressive and unarmed.' " The army is discussed at great length. The President says it is unnecessary to increase its present... | |
 | 1902 - 640 pages
...war becomes imminent.. The American people must either build and maintain an ade- ™^*l y " quate navy or else make up their minds definitely to accept...secondary position in international affairs, not merely in politi- and navy cal, but in commercial matters. It has been well said that there is no surer way of... | |
 | New York State Library - 1903 - 958 pages
...accept a g'^'army secondary position in international affairs, not merely in politi- and navy nil, but in commercial matters. It has been well said that...necessary to increase our army beyond its present swat this time. But it is necessary to keep it at the highest point of efficiency. . . The proportion... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 214 pages
...then the general recognition of our altered conditions as a nation and of the true meaning of a 109 great war fleet, which meaning is, first, the best...in commercial, matters. It has been well said that 110 there is no surer way of courting national disaster than to be "opulent, aggressive, and unarmed."... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 36 pages
...genarally spare it the necessity of fighting. ("Washington's forgotten maxim," American Ideals, p. 284.) The American people must either build and maintain...surer way of courting national disaster than to be "opulent,-asgressive and unarmed." (Annual message, first session Fifty-seventh Congress.) There never... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - 1906 - 556 pages
...officers and crews of coast-line steamers, long-shore schooners, fishing-vessels, and steam-yachts, together with the coast population about such centres...disaster than to be " opulent, aggressive, and unarmed." The Army. — It is not necessary to increase our army beyond its present size at this time. But it... | |
 | Robert Marion La Follette - 1906 - 512 pages
...American people must either build and maintain an adequate navy or else make up their minds definitelyto accept a secondary position in international affairs,...disaster than to be opulent, aggressive, and unarmed. THE NAVY AND ITS FUTURE. BY WILLIAM HENRY MOODY. [William Henry Moody, attorney-general and former... | |
 | Robert Marion La Follette, William Matthews Hardy, Charles Higgins - 1906 - 534 pages
...constitute the inner line of defense. They should receive hearty encouragement from the general government. The American people must either build and maintain an adequate navy or else make up their minds definitelyto accept a secondary position in international affairs, not merely in political, but in... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1910 - 250 pages
...Ibid. The American people must either build Buildup and maintain an adequate Navy or else make the Navy up their minds definitely to accept a secondary position...disaster than to be "opulent, aggressive, and unarmed." Ibid. The individual American enlisted man is Formidable probably on the whole a more formidable Fl*hters... | |
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The American people must either build and maintain an adequate navy or else make up their minds definitely to accept a secondary position in international affairs, not merely in political but in commercial matters. It has been well said that there is... 
