carry on war
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“Act in this way,” said Beroes,—“let him carry on war who wishes, but not in those regions where he can meet Assyria.”
From The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt by Alexander Glovatski
Money is undoubtedly the sinews of war, but the power to raise money to carry on war, under the constitution, is not an implied power, and whoever adopts that theory commits a great constitutional error.
From Monopolies and the People by D. C. Cloud
It was impossible for England to reconquer a continent, and carry on war at the same time with the three most powerful states of Europe.
From The Great Events by Famous Historians, Volume 14 by Various
The want of parsimony during peace, imposes on states the necessity of contracting debts to carry on war, 386, 391.
From An Inquiry Into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Germain Garnier
But, in fact, both England and the United States were getting exhausted, so far as the ability to carry on war was concerned.
From The War of Independence by John Fiske
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