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 WAR

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = It is the object only of war that makes it honorable. And if there was ever a just war since the world began, it is this in which America is now engaged. * * * We fight not to enslave, but to set a country free, and to make room upon the earth for honest men to live in. Thomas Paine—The Crisis. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Wilson) | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = 5 | text = These are the times that try men's souls. The Summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country, but he that stands it now deserves the love and thanks of man and woman. Tyranny, like Hell, is not easily conquered; yet we have this consolation with us, that the harder the conflict the more glorious the triumph. What we obtain too cheaply we esteem too lightly; it is dearness only that gives everything its value. Heaven knows how to put a proper price upon its goods; and it would be strange indeed if so celestial an article as freedom should not be highly rated. Thomas Paine—The Crisis. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = War even to the knife. Palafox, the governor of Saragossa, when summoned to surrender by the French, who besieged that city in 1808. Generally quoted "At the point of the knife." It cannot be made, it shall not be made, it will not be made; but if it were made there would be a war between France and England for the possession of Egypt. Lord Palmerston—Speech, 1851, referring to the Suez Canal (an example of an indiscreet and unfulfilled prophecy). | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Hell, Heaven or Hoboken by Christmas. Attributed to General John Joseph Pershing. (1918) | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Lafayette, we are here. Gen. John Joseph Pershing. At the tomb of Lafayette. (1918) On the authority of a letter from the General's military secretary to George Morgan, Jan. 4, 1919. WAR Infantry, Artillery, Aviation—all that we have —are yours to dispose of as you will. . . I have come to say to you that the American people would be proud to be engaged in the greatest battle in history. Gen. John Joseph Pershing to Gen. Foch, Letter written from Office of the Commanderin-Chief, American Expeditionary Forces, in France. See "literary Digest History of World War," Vol. V. P. 43. March 28, 1918. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Us ne passeront pas. They shall not pass. General Petain. At the end of Feb., 1916, General de Castelnau was sent by General Joffre to decide whether Verdun should be abandoned or defended. He consulted with General Petain, saying: "They (the Germans) must not pass." General Peiain said: "They shall not pass." In France the people credit it to General Joffre. See N. Y. Times, May 6, 1917. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Diaz}}) | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = From the Rio Grande's waters to the icy lakes of Maine, Let all exult, for we have met the enemy again. Beneath their stern old mountains we have met them in their pride; And rolled from Buena Vista back the battle's bloody tide, Where the enemy came surging swift like the Mississippi's flood, And the Reaper, Death, with strong arms swung his sickle red with blood. Santa Anna boasted loudly that before two hours were past His Lancers through Saltillo should pursue us fierce and fast. On comes his solid infantry, line marching after line. Lo! their great standards in the sun like sheets of silver shine. Gen. Albert Pike—Battle of Buena Vista. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = If I were an American, as I am an Englishman, while a foreign troop was landed in my country I never would lay down my arms,— never! never! never! William Pitt the Elder. Nov. 18, 1777. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = He who first called money the sinews of the state seems to have said this with special reference to war. Plutarch—Life of Ckomenes. 27. | seealso = (See also {{sc|Cicero}}) | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = Sylla proceeded by persuasion, not by arms. Plutarch—Lysander and SyUa Compared. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = It is the province of kings to bring wars about; it is the province of God to end them. Cardinal Pole—To Henry VIII. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 853 }}

{{Hoyt quote | num = | text = She saw her sons with purple death expire, Her sacred domes involved in rolling fire, A dreadful series of intestine wars, Inglorious triumphs and dishonest scars. | author = Pope | work = Windsor Forest. L. 323. | author = | work = | place = | note = | topic = War | page = 853 }}