How strange was it, then, for a father to have the right to offer his daughter as a token to secure peace and trade?
"If America is to secure prosperity, peace and security for all, we cannot afford to go back," it says.
"We have to put all our acts together if only to secure peace."
We have to secure peace and order for the work of our citizens.
This secured the safety and peace at the many trade routes.
Where have they managed to secure peace, and maintain it too?
That is more important than anything else for securing peace, freedom and prosperity in Europe.
Then we must work to secure peace as quickly as possible.
That will serve as an important instrument for securing peace in the world.
After all, preparation for war is the best means of securing peace.
The world's goal is the secure peace that follows victory.
A cease-fire is a first step toward a secure and lasting peace.
It was about testing whether Israel had a Palestinian partner for a secure and final peace.
But many centrists see him as the best hope for achieving a secure peace.
But what of the rank and file living in secure peace?
Baldwin's particular concern was to reduce social tensions and secure industrial peace.
With all his current troubles, he represents the best hope yet for a secure Arab-Israeli peace.
We must if we're to achieve a true, secure and enduring peace.
Is it truly operational and capable of making a contribution to a secure peace?
But Washington now correctly judges that it must be more active in promoting a fair and secure peace.