The Dolores star. [volume] (Dolores, Montezuma County, Colo.) 1901-current, 1918-04-05
Colonial Quotations
Fit Present Days.
Words Of Famous Americans Seem
to Show They Foresaw the
Liberty Loan.

George Washington-"It IL an old
maxim that the surest way to make
a good peace Is to be prepared for
war"
Thomas Jefferson-"Weaknes pro-
vokes insult and injury, while a con-
dition to punish 1t often prevents It,"
Benjamin Franklin-"We must in
deed all hang together or, most az.
suredly, We will all hang separately"
James Monroe-"A .defenseless posi-
ton and distinguished love of peace
are the surest invitations to war"
Andrew Jackson-"We shall more
certainly preserve peace when 1t Is
we'll understood that we are prepared
for war"
Robert MorrIs-"The enemy will
ask for peace only when we are in .
position vigorously to prosecute war"
Liberty Loans Of Other Days.
o. Robert Morris. Superintendent Of
Finance in the American Revolution.
in a circular to the governors Of the
states on October 10. 1881. wrote:
1T is not by the brilliant successes
of war. the splendor of conquest or
abe shouts Of victory that wise min
istry are to be affected. vhe superb.
GRITTY Of national resources 10 the sure
ground on which to hope for success,
and that superior resource, steadily
and psrseverinsIy applied, must even.
tuaIIy attain Its object.
1T is possible that we are near the
close Of this war. and perhaps we are
only in the middle Of it. But II the
war should continue. we have to
blame ourselves; for were these re-
sources called Into action which we
really possess, the foreign enemies
would soon lose all hope and abandon
their enterprise.
"If we do our duty now the war will
soon be brought to 4 close; II not, Il
may last for many years, and what
will then DO its termination It 10 not
In OUR wisdom to foresee. The enemy
will ask for peace only when we are
In 4 condition vigorously to prosecute
the war.
at 10 necessary that we should be
In condition to prosecute the war with
ease before we can expect to lay down
our arms with security, before we can
treat Of peace honorabIy, and before
we can conclude Il with advantage.
Between opposition and submission
there Is no middle line. The idea Of
submission is. and ever ought to be,
rejected with disdain. Opposition,
therefore, becomes matter Of neees-
sity, and that opposition involves
expense.
ut remains only to provide men
and money, and to make that pro-
vision a. early As possible, for the old
adaee that he who gives early doubles
thereby his olft,' can never be more
applicable than on the pressnt oeea-
sion. For whatever may be the diff
ferent opinions of different men. all
must agree that the only way to Sc
cure peace is to be prepared for war. "
Our Fathers Influence.
As If to conclude the argument that
we, of today, should heed the wisdom
of our fbrefathers, that other great
! American, Abraham Lincoln, said:
"I do not mean to say We are bound
, to follow implicitly in whatever our
fathers did. To do 80 would be to dis
card all the lights Of current expert
ence-to reject all progress, all i'm.
| provement- What do say IL that II
wa would suppiant the opinions and
policy Of our fathers In any case, we
should do 90 upon evidence % con-
elusive, and argument 90 clear that
even their great authority, fairly con-
sidersd and weighed, cannot stand"
With these words Of great Ameri-
cans fresh In the mind who can say
that the subscribing. and moreover.
the ovsr-subscribing Of the Third Lib
erty Loan u not the most Important
! thing in al America today