 | 1917 - 920 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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...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 always carried nearest... | |
 | 1920 - 706 pàgines
...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,...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 always carried nearest... | |
 | 1917 - 590 pàgines
...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...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 always carried nearest... | |
 | 1926 - 536 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...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 pàgines
...and there and without countenance, except from a lawless and malignant few. It is a distressing and oppressive duty, gentlemen of the Congress, which...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 pàgines
...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 - 458 pàgines
...and there and without countenance except from a lawless and malignant few. It is a distressing and oppressive duty. Gentlemen of the Congress, which...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 always carried nearest... | |
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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... 
