 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1919 - 1062 pages
...uphold the Monroe Doctrine. If we do not possess such a navy, war may be forced on us at any time." "Diplomacy is utterly useless where there is no force...diplomat is the servant, not the master, of the soldier." "No nation should ever wage war wantonly, but no nation should ever avoid it at the cost of the loss... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1897 - 396 pages
...can themselves go to sea and strike at the enemy when they choose, instead of waiting to peacefully receive his blow when and where he deems it best to...manifest itself. If we mean to protect the people of the landa who look to us for protection from tyranny and aggression ; if we mean to uphold our interests... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1916 - 424 pages
...cost of national honor." DIPLOMACY WITHOUT FORCE USELESS "Diplomacy is utterly useless unless there is force behind it; the diplomat is the servant, not the master, of the soldier." SAY WHAT IS NECESSARY AND STAND BY IT (Speech at Chicago, April 2, 1903.) "This is in substance what... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1916 - 434 pages
...cost of national honor." DIPLOMACY WITHOUT FORCE USELESS "Diplomacy is utterly useless unless there is force behind it; the diplomat is the servant, not the master, of the soldier." SAY WHAT IS NECESSARY AND STAND BY IT (Speech at Chicago, April 2, 1903.) "This is in substance what... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1917 - 122 pages
...the fight has once begun. The preparation must come before that. Diplomacy is utterly useless when there is no force behind it; the diplomat is the servant, not the master, of the soldier. If, in the future, we have war, it will almost certainly come because of some action, or lack of action,... | |
 | Frederick E. Drinker, Jay Henry Mowbray - 1919 - 532 pages
...supreme, there is but one way in which we can effectively interfere. Diplomacy is utterly useless when there is no force behind it ; the diplomat is the...gives no weight whatever when the clash of arms comes. must be fought. Unless we are prepared so to meet them let us abandon all talk of devotion to the Monroe... | |
 | Walter Millis - 1981 - 388 pages
...utterly useless," Mr. Roosevelt had added, in what today seems a rather startling reversal of Clausewitz, "where there is no force behind it; the diplomat is the servant, not the master, of the soldier." " In the fall of 1897 Mr. Roosevelt was hoping for a war in Cuba, "on the ground both of humanity and... | |
 | Bradford Perkins, Walter LaFeber, Warren I. Cohen, Akira Iriye - 1993 - 288 pages
...training a thoroughly efficient navy, the Monroe Doctrine will go far." Or, as he phrased it earlier, "Diplomacy is utterly useless where there is no force...diplomat is the servant, not the master, of the soldier." He preferred, however, to wage war on the less industrialized nations. Wars between the more "civilized"... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 2003 - 244 pages
...force of torpedo boats to use primarily for coast defense. But in war the mere defensive never plays, and can never result in anything but disaster. It...the soldier. The prosperity of peace, commercial and materials prosperity, gives no weight whatever when the clash of arms comes. Even great naked strength... | |
 | Dan Elish - 2008 - 104 pages
...Island, "is the most effectual means to promote peace." Later he said, "Diplomacy is utterly useless when there is no force behind it; the diplomat is the servant, not the master of the soldier." THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR Roosevelt began his tenure in Washington by pushing for a speedy buildup of the... | |
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Asia, should determine to assert its position in those lands wherein we feel that our influence should be supreme, there is but one way in which we can effectively interfere. Diplomacy is utterly useless where there is no force behind it ; the diplomat... 