288 A Forgotten Maxim 



treasure, and its tears like water, rather than submit 

 to the loss of honor and renown. 



In closing, let me repeat that we ask for a great 

 navy, we ask for an armament fit for the nation's 

 needs, not primarily to fight, but to avert fighting. 

 Preparedness deters the foe and maintains right 

 by the show of ready might without the use of 

 violence. Peace, like freedom, is not a gift that 

 tarries long in the hands of cowards, or of those too 

 feeble or too short-sighted to deserve it; and we 

 ask to be given the means to ensure that honorable 

 peace which alone is worth having. 



