Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
NUMBER:
411
AUTHOR:
George Washington (173299)
QUOTATION:
To be prepared for War is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace.
ATTRIBUTION:
President GEORGE WASHINGTON, first annual address to Congress, January 8, 1790.The Writings of George Washington, ed. John C. Fitzpatrick, vol. 30, p. 491 (1939).