The Colorado statesman., 1918-04-06
Colonial Quotations
Fit Present Days.
to Show They Foresaw the
Liberty Loan.

George Washington-"It is 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 con-
dition to punish 1t often prevents 1t"
BENJAMIN Franklin-"We must in
deed all hang together OF, most as
suredly, we will all hang separately"
James Monroe-"A defenseless posi-
tion 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 NOTES.-The enemy will
ask for peace only when we are in q
position vigorously to prosecute war"
Liberty Loans Of Other Days.
Robert Morris, Superintendent of
Finance in the American Revolution,
In circular to the governors of the
states on October 10, 1881. wrote:
of war, the splendor of conquest or
the shouts of victory that wise min.
istry are to be affected. The superb
GRITTY Of national resources Is the sure
ground on which to hope for success,
and that superior resource, steadily
and perseverInsly applied, must even-
tually attain it's 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 a close; II not, II
may last for many years, and what
will then be Its termination It 10 not
In our wisdom to foresee. The enemy
will ask for peaoe only when we are
In q condition vigorously to prosecute
the war.
at ls 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 It with advantage.
between opposition and submission
there is no middle line. The idea of
submission is, and ever ought to be.
rejected with disdnin. Opposition,
therefore, becomes a matter Of neees-
sIty, and that opposition Involves
expense.
at remains only to provide men
and money, and to make that pro-
vision as early as possible, for the old
adaoe that he who gives early doubles
thereby his gift can never be more
applicable than on tho present oeea'
sIon. For whatever may be the diff
ferent opinions of different men, all
must agree that the only way to se-
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 forefathers. that other great
American, Abraham Lincoln, said:
az do not mean to say we are bound
to follow implicitly in whatever our
fathers did. To do SO would be to dis
card all the lights of current expert
ence-to reject all progress, all i'm
provement What do say is that II
we would suppIant the opinions and
policy Of our fathers In any case, we
shouId do SO upon evidence SO con-
elusive, and argument SO clear that
even their great authority, fairly con-
sldered and weighed, cannot stand"
with these words Of great Ameri-
cans fresh in the mind who can say
that the subscribing. and moreover.
the over-subscrtbing Of the Third Lib
erty Loan is not the most important