 | John Church Hamilton - United States - 1879 - 978 pages
...cruisers, and recalled with just pride, the language of Hamilton addressed by Washington to Congress : "There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire peace, one of the most powerful instruments... | |
 | Washington Irving - 1882 - 536 pages
...they will forever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms with which the history of every nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United...States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel... | |
 | George Washington - Presidents - 1891 - 550 pages
...events, they will for ever keep at a distance those painful appeals to arms, with which the history of every other nation abounds. There is a rank due...States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel... | |
 | William Wallace Bates - Merchant marine - 1892 - 530 pages
...and contempt of the naval arts. The wise and patriotic Washington in his farewell address said: — "There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel... | |
 | George Washington - Quotations, American - 1894 - 510 pages
...of their duties towards us. 1793. READINESS FOR WAR. peals to arms, with which the history of every nation abounds. There is a rank due to the United...States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel... | |
 | United States - 1888 - 436 pages
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There is a rank due to the United States among nations, which will be withheld, if not absolutely lost, by the reputation of weakness. If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it ; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments... 
