 ... train. The truth of the maxim is so obvious to every man of really farsighted patriotism that its mere statement seems trite and useless, and it is not over-creditable to either our intelligence or our love of country that there should be, as there...  American Ideals - Page 265by Theodore Roosevelt - 1904Full view - About this book
 | 1919 - 1538 pages
...which alone can in the long run prevent war or avert the dreadful disasters it brings in its train." "In this country there is not the slightest danger...for war was any menace to peace. On the contrary, again and again we have owed peace to the fact that we were prepared for war; and in the only contest... | |
 | Edward Livermore Burlingame, Robert Bridges, Alfred Sheppard Dashiell, Harlan Logan - 1919 - 1030 pages
...prevent war or avert the dreadful disasters it brings in its train." ''In this country there is mit the slightest danger of an over-development of warlike...for war was any menace to peace. On the contrary, again and again we have owed peace to the fact that we were prepared for war; and in the only contest... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1897 - 392 pages
...are graduates of Yale. V WASHINGTON'S FORGOTTEN MAXIM* A CENTURY has passed since Washington wrote j\ "To be prepared for war is the most effectual means...Secretary of the Navy, before the Naval War College, June, 1897. 12 (365) VOL. I. again and again we have owed peace to the fact that we were prepared for war;... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1897 - 396 pages
...than three members of the Boundary Commission are graduates of Yale. XII WASHINGTON'S FORGOTTEN MAXIM1 A CENTURY has passed since Washington wrote " To be...for war was any menace to peace. On the contrary, again and again we have owed peace to the fact that 1 Address, as Assistant Secretary of the Navy,... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1897 - 544 pages
...are graduates of Yale. WASHINGTON'S FORGOTTEN MAXIM* A CENTURY has passed since Washington wrote /A "To be prepared for war is the most effectual means...and there never has been any such danger. In all our his-\ tory there has never been a time when preparedness for war was any menace to peace. On the contrary,... | |
 | United States Naval Institute - 1897 - 892 pages
...iniquity of war as if somehow that was a justification for refusing to take the steps which alone can, in the long run, prevent war or avert the dreadful...for war was any menace to peace. On the contrary, again and again we have owed peace to the fact that we were prepared for war; and in the only contest... | |
 | United States. President (1901-1909 : Roosevelt), Theodore Roosevelt - 1897 - 342 pages
...patriotism that its 1 Address as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, before the Naval War College, June, 1897. mere statement seems trite and useless, and it is...for war was any menace to peace. On the contrary, again and again we have owed peace to the fact that we were prepared for war; and in the only contest... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1897 - 394 pages
...should be, 1 Address as Assistant Secretary of the Navy, before the Naval War College, June, 1897. 247 as there is, need to dwell upon and amplify such a...for war was any menace to peace. On the contrary, again and again we have owed peace to the fact that we were prepared for war ; and in the only contest... | |
 | Robert Cornelius V. Meyers - 1902 - 638 pages
...or might not be promoted. In his address before the Naval War College, in June, 1897, he says that in this country there is not the slightest danger...been any such danger. In all our history, there has not been a time when preparedness for war was any menace to peace. On the contrary, again and again... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1904 - 36 pages
...navy, war may be forced on us at any time. ("Washington's forgotten maxim," American Ideals, p. 281.). In all our history there has never been a time when...for war was any menace to peace. On the contrary, again and again we have owed peace to the fact that we were prepared for war, and in the only contest... | |
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