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Powerless to obtain our rights by force or to prevent their violation by being prepared to assert them with arms, Washington had no recourse but to diplomacy.
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gutenberg.orgAlbert Beveridge: “Powerless to obtain our rights by force or to prevent their violation by being prepared to assert them with arms…”
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Beveridge notes Washington's reliance on diplomacy due to the inability to assert rights through military force.
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