It is a fearful thing to lead this great peaceful people into war, 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... War Addresses of Woodrow Wilson - Страница 45написао/ла United States. President (1913-1921 : Wilson), Woodrow Wilson - 1918 - 129 страницаПуни преглед - О овој књизи
| 1917 - 920 страница
.... . It is a distressing and oppressive duty, Gentlemen of Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months...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 страница
...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...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 carried nearest... | |
| Mary Mapes Dodge - 1917 - 592 страница
...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...in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy,... | |
| 1920 - 706 страница
...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,...in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest to our hearts, for democracy,... | |
| 1917 - 590 страница
...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...in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts — for democracy,... | |
| 1918 - 728 страница
...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 peaceful people into war, into the most terrible and disastrous of all wars. Civilisation itself... | |
| 1926 - 536 страница
...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... | |
| United States. President - 1917 - 566 страница
...It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may 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 страница
...United States: "It is a fearful thing to lead this peaceful people into war, into the most fearful and disastrous of all wars, civilization itself seeming to be in the balance." The reasons which have made war inevitable are set forth in the words with which the President addressed... | |
| 1917 - 462 страница
...It is a distressing and oppressive duty. Gentlemen of the Congress, which I have performed in thus addressing you. There are, it may be, many months...in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, — for democracy,... | |
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