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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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410 |
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AUTHOR:
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George Washington (1732–99) |
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QUOTATION:
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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 of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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President GEORGE WASHINGTON, fifth annual address to Congress, December 13, 1793.—The Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, vol. 33, p. 166 (1940). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Defense |
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