Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? 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,... Annual Register of World Events - Página 3021807Vista completa - Acerca de este libro
 | Bill Grantham - 2000 - 198 páginas
...United States were determined not to be European. "Why," George Washington said in his farewell address, "by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity to the toils of European Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humour or Caprice?"* Washington,... | |
 | John V. Denson - 2001 - 830 páginas
...government, the period is not far off, when we may defy material injury from external annoyance. . . . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground.29 Here Washington adopts the much maligned Fortress America stance so derided by critics of... | |
 | 1898 - 784 páginas
...under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel." We have followed his advice, we have made no foreign alliances, but we have found "the period" when... | |
 | Gleaves Whitney - 2003 - 496 páginas
...the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided...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... | |
 | Nau Nihal Singh - 2002 - 232 páginas
...exclaimed George Washington in his Farewell Address, "forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?... 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 Caprice?"10 In strictly... | |
 | Raymond Aron - 2009 - 550 páginas
...impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. ... It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world;... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 758 páginas
...impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided...with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humour, or caprice? It is our... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 páginas
...will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our inter' est, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages...with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? i < 7 hold... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 868 páginas
...hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided byjustice, shall counsel. "Why forego the advantages of so peculiar...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... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 996 páginas
...and that, being chosen by the legislature of each state, they are the result of a two-stage election. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?...with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? Tis our true... | |
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