 | John V. Denson - 2001 - 791 páginas
...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... | |
 | 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...toils of European Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humor Caprice?"10 In strictly objective terms these references to Europe were churlish and unfounded. America... | |
 | Gleaves Whitney - 2003 - 496 páginas
...may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand...rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world, so far, I... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 996 páginas
...the legislature of each state, they are the result of a two-stage election. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. So... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 páginas
...choose peace or war, as our inter' est, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? i < 7 hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs that honesty is always the... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 758 páginas
...may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand...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... | |
 | Princeton Review (Firm) - 2003 - 303 páginas
.... . . Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. . . . Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice [whim]? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign... | |
 | Michael Hirsh - 2003 - 312 páginas
...exceptionalist mistrust about the rest of the world— especially Europe, about which George Washington warned: "Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?" The outside world, in other words, would only contaminate and corrupt our grand American experiment.... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2004 - 960 páginas
...may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forgo the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. So... | |
 | Jay Shafritz - 2004 - 319 páginas
...George Washington, in his Farewell Address, September 17, 1796, advocated a policy of isolationism: "Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why,...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?" Washington's comment is revealing because isolationism has always been directed far more against possible... | |
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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,... 
