First, sir, permit me to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment ; but it does not remove the necessity of subduing again : and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered. The Essentials of Argumentation - Page 25de Elias J. MacEwan - 1898 - 412 pagesAffichage du livre entier - À propos de ce livre
| William Franklin Watson - 1904 - 244 pages
...love covereth all transgressions. 7. A cruel story runs ou wheels, and every hand oils the wheels. 8. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. 9. By slothfulness the roof siuketh in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. 10. The... | |
| William Franklin Webster, Alice Woodworth Cooley - 1904 - 246 pages
...cove re th all transgressions. 7. A cruel story runs on wheels, and every hand oils the wheels. 8. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament is not a victory. 9. By slothfulness the roof sinketli in; And through idleness of the hands the house leaketh. 10. The... | |
| Elizabeth Hill Spalding - 1905 - 296 pages
...following reasons, arguments, to prove that force is "a feeble instrument" for preserving America: — I. First, Sir, permit me to observe that the use of force alone is but temporary. II. My next objection is its uncertainty. III. A further objection to force is that you impair the... | |
| William Jennings Bryan - 1906 - 278 pages
...object well worth fighting for. Certainly it is, if fighting a people be the best way of gaining them. First, sir, permit me to observe, that the use of...uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force; and an arma16 merit is not a victory. If you do not succeed, you are without resource; for, conciliation failing,... | |
| ENGLISH & American masterpiece studies - 1906 - 408 pages
...so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connexion with us. [82] First, Sir, permit me to observe, that the use of...not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered. [33] My next objection is its uncertainty, Terror is not always the effect of force ; and an armament... | |
| 1896 - 728 pages
...so active, so growing, so spirited as this, in a profitable and subordinate connection with us. 32. First, Sir, permit me to observe that the use of force...not governed which is perpetually to be conquered. 33. My next objection is its uncertainty. Terror is not always the effect of force, and an armament... | |
| Christian Bouscaren - 1966 - 260 pages
...rid themselves of their burden of taxes and release themselves from the slavery they felt to be in. The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue...not governed which is perpetually to be conquered. Edmund BURKE (1729-1797). 212 *to choose (O) : choisir — (A) : qqch. ou qqn • — (B from) : parmi... | |
| Cynthia Dubin Edelberg - 1987 - 232 pages
...alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment, but it does not remove the necessity of subding again: and a nation is not governed which is perpetually to be conquered." 17 What Britain wanted was trade, which could not exist if British America was filled with rebels "perpetually... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1989 - 414 pages
...have with me two gods. Persuasion and Compulsion. Themistocles (c. 514-c. 449 BC) Athenian statesman The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue for a moment; but does not remove the necessity of subduing again: and a nation is not governed, which is perpetually... | |
| Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1214 pages
...Speech, 29 Sept. 1 862. "Iron and blood" and 'blood and iron" were favorite expressions of Bismarck's. 2 The use of force alone is but temporary. It may subdue...not governed, which is perpetually to be conquered. EDMUND BURKE (1 729-97), Anglo-Irish philosopher, statesman. "Speech on Conciliation with America,"... | |
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