...is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world," and "Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? " But Washington referred to "entangling alliances" only in our memories. This hook phrase made it...

...clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." He asked the country why we should "entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice."14 What did the policy of unilateralism really mean for the United States? Here, again, it...

...Demokratie, 1.Aufl., 1947, S. 151 (155); die Formulierung lautet im Original: »Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?« konkreten Entscheidung durch ein überstaatliches Gremium. Dagegen nimmt ein dem Unilateralismus zuneigender...

...distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. . . . Why forgo the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?" (1997, 39). The new country would be able to make decisions free of the encumbrances of treaties and...

...ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities . . . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? 2 President John Quincy Adams, America's sixth president (1825-1829), neatly captured Washington's...

...publication (see William H. Overholt, "The Rise of the Pacific Basin," Pacific Community, July 1974). 1 "Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why,...rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." (George Washington,...

...possible." Pointing to America's distance from Europe, Washington implored us, 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? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of...

...außereuropäischen Mächten einzugehen, da man sich nur in europäischen Streitereien verstricke: „Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world (. . .)." Dieses...

...shall counsel... . Why forgo the advantages of so peculiar a situation? —Why quit our own to stand on foreign ground? Why, by interweaving our destiny with...European ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humor or Caprice? 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world....

...tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests . . . Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? Washington's clarion call to avoid foreign entanglements reflected, and helped to shape, an enduring...