 | 1917 - 920 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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 pages
...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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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... 
