 | United States - 1862 - 74 страници
...will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages...policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1862 - 596 страници
...Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humour, or caprice ? " It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not... | |
 | George Washington - 1862 - 40 страници
...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice 1 It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world ; so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it ; for let me not... | |
 | DIANE Publishing Company - 1994 - 212 страници
...emphasized that the US should stay neutral in its political relationships with other countries. He said, "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it." This policy of... | |
 | Jerome A. McDuffie, Gary Wayne Piggrem, Steven E. Woodworth - 1990 - 650 страници
...in regard to foreign nations is... to have with them as little political connection as possible... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.. .." (A) James Monroe, annual message to Congress (December 1823)... | |
 | William A. Gamson - 1992 - 294 страници
...international commerce were taken for granted. George Washington's Farewell Address not only declared "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world" but also exhorted the nation to "Cultivate peace and harmony with... | |
 | Patrick M. Cronin - 1993 - 279 страници
...underwriting the Monroe Doctrine.3 In his Farewell Address of 1 796, President Washington proclaimed that "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world . . . . "4 Popular interpretations aside, he was not so much professing... | |
 | Harry G. Summers - 1995 - 280 страници
...Its roots were planted by President George Washington in his Farewell Address on September 17, 1796: It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments on... | |
 | Anders Breidlid - 1996 - 428 страници
...will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages...policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it; for let me not... | |
 | John V. Denson - 1997 - 494 страници
...detached and distant situation," which enables us to pursue "a different course," Washington declares that it is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.8 And again: Taking care always to keep ourselves by suitable establishments... | |
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Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion... 
