 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone....alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. And again, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from... | |
 | Benson John Lossing - United States - 1852 - 948 pages
...possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Betides, sir, we shall not light our battles alone There is a just God who presides...•alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. And again, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from... | |
 | Gyeorgos Ceres Hatonn - Antichrist - 1998 - 220 pages
...that's a topic for some other Editor's note!} Patrick Henry make an interesting observation: "The battle is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. " He is also credited with "Give me Liberty or give me death." Poo! Death is a cop-out every time.... | |
 | Owen Collins - History - 1999 - 464 pages
...country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone....vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There... | |
 | Lewis Copeland, Lawrence W. Lamm, Stephen J. McKenna - History - 1999 - 978 pages
...country as that which we possess, are invincible by any foree which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone....vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There... | |
 | George Anastaplo - Biography & Autobiography - 2001 - 392 pages
...is taken from this 1775 speech before a meeting of the Second Revolutionary Convention of Virginia: There is a just God who presides over the destinies...vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. If we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There... | |
 | Curtis Hutson - Political Science - 2000 - 264 pages
...country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone....vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, sir, we have no election. It we were base enough to desire it, it is now too late to retire from the contest. There... | |
 | Derek H. Davis - Religion - 2000 - 328 pages
..."make a proper use of those means which the God of nature hath placed in our power." He affirmed that "we shall not fight our battles alone. There is a...will raise up friends to fight our battles for us." And to his own question, "Is life so dear, or peace so sweet, as to be purchased at the price of chains... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - Reference - 2000 - 662 pages
...country as that which we possess, are invincible by any force which our enemy can send against us. Besides, sir, we shall not fight our battles alone....over the destinies of nations; and who will raise friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone; it is to the vigilant,... | |
 | Stephen Feinstein - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2001 - 116 pages
...in the holy cause of liberty. Surely we are invincible against any force our enemy can send against us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone. It...is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. Besides, we now have no choice. It is too late to back down. There is no retreat but in submission and slavery!... | |
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There is a just God who presides over the destinies of nations, and who will raise up friends to fight our battles for us. The battle, sir, is not to the strong alone ; it is to the vigilant, the active, the brave. 
