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, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own Governments, for the rights and... HOYT'S NEW CYCLOPEDIA OF PRACTICAL QUOTATIONS - Page 182by KATE LOUISE ROBERTS - 1922Full view - About this book
| David Hackett Fischer - 2005 - 880 pages
...purpose. The president told the Congress: "we shall fight for the things which we have always carried in our hearts — for democracy, for the right of those...safety to all nations and make the world itself at last free."8 More than any other leader, Wilson transformed a rivalry among European powers into a movement... | |
| H. E. Marshall - 2004 - 460 pages
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| Chalmers Johnson - 2004 - 408 pages
...more ambitious war aim: "The world must be made safe for democracy." America, he explained, must fight "for the rights and liberties of small nations, for...all nations and make the world itself at last free." According to Wilson, these were purposes "we have always carried nearest to our hearts."16 He asked... | |
| Virginia Schomp - 2005 - 100 pages
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| Sydney E. Ahlstrom - 2004 - 1220 pages
...and disastrous of all wars. . . . But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight ... for a universal dominion of right by such a concert...all nations and make the world itself at last free." Looking back on 7. New Republic 11:297; quoted in Ray H. Abrams, Preachers Present Arms, p. 8. 882... | |
| Joy Hakim - 2003 - 438 pages
...to be in the balance. But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things we have always carried nearest our hearts — for...voice in their own governments, for the rights and libeities of small nations, for a universal domination of right lr\i such a concert of free peoples... | |
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