| 1917 - 920 páginas
...trusted foundations of political liberty. . . . It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing...ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great and peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars. Civilization itself... | |
| 1918 - 740 páginas
...April 2, 1917, on the necessity of war with Germany, President Wilson said : It is a fearful tiling to lead this great peaceful people into war, into...all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But tin right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - 1917 - 592 páginas
...We desire no conquest, no dominion. . . . We are but one of the champions of the rights of mankind. There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and...all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have... | |
| 1920 - 706 páginas
...spokesman of mankind. "It is a fearful thing," he says, "to lead this great peaceful people into wax, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have... | |
| 1917 - 590 páginas
...or another, as you wish to deposit the weights in the box or on either side of it. THE DAY HAS COME There are, it may be, many months of fiery trial and...all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have... | |
| 1926 - 536 páginas
...misconception: "The world must be made safe for democracy." The conclusion of the address was an exalted appeal: "It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious... | |
| 1918 - 728 páginas
...malignant few. " RIGHT is MOKE PRECIOUS THAN PEACE." It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, m«ny months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead of us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great and... | |
| United States. President - 1917 - 566 páginas
...will lift it only here and there and without countenance, except from a lawless and malignant few. It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen...be, many months of fiery trial and sacrifice ahead oi us. It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and... | |
| Roady Kenehan - 1917 - 614 páginas
...it will lift it only here and there and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen...all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have... | |
| 1917 - 458 páginas
...it will lift it only here and there and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen...all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have... | |
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