| Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989. | | | |
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| | | NUMBER: | 410 |
| AUTHOR: | George Washington (1732–99) |
| QUOTATION: | If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready for War. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | President GEORGE WASHINGTON, fifth annual address to Congress, December 13, 1793.—The Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, vol. 33, p. 166 (1940). |
| SUBJECTS: | Defense |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia | | |
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