 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Armed Services - 1963
...Washington also recognized the interchangeability of the soldier's and citizen's roles as he observed : "When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen." I bring in all those details. Mr. Chairman, to emphasize that our association at its annual midwinter... | |
 | United States. Congress. House. Committee on Veterans' Affairs - 1968 - 455 strani
...the basement. The stage accommodates 150 persons. An inscription on the curved wall behind the apse, "When We Assumed the Soldier We Did Not Lay Aside the Citizen," is a quotation from George Washington's letter to the Provincial Congress in New York on June 26, 1775.... | |
 | Kevin Klose, Philip A. McCombs - 1974 - 280 strani
...benches that descended toward a small stage. Engraved in marble high above the stage were the words: "When we assumed the soldier we did not lay aside the citizen." A heavy wooden coffin, trimmed in brass, rested on the stage. It was open. Haverman and Big Nick stood... | |
 | 1985 - 32 strani
...essential operations. /nscribed over the amphitheater at Arlington National Cemetery are the words "WHEN WE ASSUMED THE SOLDIER WE DID NOT LAY ASIDE THE CITIZEN " While performing their duties, Defense Department personnel, like other public servants, participate... | |
 | Robert Andrews - 1993 - 1092 strani
...Beethoven's Fifth." KURT VONNEGUT, JR. (b. 1922), US novelist. City Limits (London, II March 1983). 36 When we assumed the Soldier, we did not lay aside the Citizen. GEORGE WASHINGTON (1732-99), US general, president. Address, 26 June 1 775, to the New York legislalure.... | |
 | Stephen J. Cimbala - 1996 - 197 strani
...Washington, it was the citizen who responds to military necessity, but later returns to civil pursuits: As to the fatal, but necessary operations of war,...assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen [emphasis added]; and we shall most sincerely rejoice . . . when the establishment of American liberty,... | |
 | George Washington - 1999 - 110 strani
...a gradual abolition of slavery. To Lawrence Lewis, Mount Vernon, August 4, 1797 The Soldier-Citizen When we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside...happy hour when the establishment of American liberty, on the most firm and solid foundations, shall enable us to return to our private stations in the bosom... | |
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As to the fatal, but necessary operations of war, when we assumed the soldier, we did not lay aside the citizen; and we shall most sincerely rejoice with you in that happy hour, when the establishment of American liberty on the most firm and solid foundations,... 
