 | Henry King Carroll, William Pope Harrison, J. H. Bayliss - 1885 - 568 strani
...plainly kept. Three constables and fourteen watchmen were its police. No monument yet rose to him, " first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen." No Fort McHenry adorned and guarded the harbor. And it would be yet thirty years before the captive... | |
 | Christian Liberty Press, Geoffrey Parsons - 2007 - 196 strani
...statesman, commander-in-chief of the Continental Army, first president of these United States of America. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. " Hero of the 1755 Battle of Monogahela (French & Indian Wars), George Washington served in the historic... | |
 | James R. Dowling - 1995 - 206 strani
...Unalienable rights; that among these are Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of [happiness]." 5. Washington: "First in war, first in peace, First in the hearts of his [countrymen]." 6. "'Shoot if you must this old gray head, But spare your country's flag!' she [said]." 7. "From the... | |
 | David Lowenthal - 1998 - 362 strani
...first-comers Darwin, Bell, and Ford alone got the kudos. Metaphors of priority pervade patriotic maxims. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen" was Washington's archetypal accolade. Where you originally come from, says Oliver Goldsmith's The Traveller... | |
 | Marc J. Seifer - 1996 - 578 strani
...interpreting FDR as having a "messianic complex" and Hitler as "a dynamic genius, and a poet of passion ... first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his country-men." Viereck was arrested and indicted on two counts of seditious conspiracy. It was quickly established... | |
 | Jean Edward Smith - 1998 - 788 strani
...of words he paid tribute to Washington's service to the nation, concluding with the famous refrain: First in war, First in peace, First in the hearts of his countrymen.122 *Washington died of acute tonsillitis at Mount Vernon during the evening of December... | |
 | Madame de Staël (Anne-Louise-Germaine), Germaine de Staël - 386 strani
...announcing the death of Washington: It has pleased Divine Providence to remove from our midst this man, first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen.™ Does not this turning toward Providence show us that in this enlightened country no ridicule is hurled... | |
 | Pete Seeger, Paul Du Bois Jacobs - 2001 - 290 strani
...dedicated to America's fledgling democracy than to making himse!/a king. This is why he was so loved. "First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen. " How many times in history has a general overthrown the establishment and then refused to assume absolute... | |
 | Doug Worgul - 2001 - 144 strani
...perhaps, he felt the need for repentance. There's a phrase often used to describe George Washington; "First in war. First in peace. First in the hearts of his countrymen." Seems he was also first in line at the barbecue table. Perhaps when, as a lad, he chopped down his... | |
 | Benjamin Reiss - 2001 - 300 strani
...progress of our government — she is the sole remaining tie of mortality which connects us to him who was 'first in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen' — and as such, we should protect and honor her, and not suffer her to be kept for a show, like a... | |
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First in war, first in peace, first in the hearts of his countrymen," was originally used in the resolutions presented to Congress on the death of Washington, December, 1799. 
