 | M. Sears - 1844 - 596 páginas
...nations, under the 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 ;... | |
 | John Hanbury Dwyer - 1845 - 492 páginas
...nations under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as...and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice ? "Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 1845 - 522 páginas
...nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as...situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground 1 Why, by interweaving our destiny with that pf any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity... | |
 | Hector Orr - 1845 - 206 páginas
...nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as...justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so pecue I I 1 I FAREWELL ADDRESS. 47 liar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground... | |
 | William Hickey - 1846 - 396 páginas
...nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our...and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances... | |
 | Edward C. Luck - 2010 - 396 páginas
...engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns... . Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? 1 Washington... | |
 | Diane Ravitch - 2000 - 662 páginas
...nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our...and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? . . . Though in reviewing the incidents of my administration... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2000 - 804 páginas
...nations, under the 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. "Why forgo the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why,... | |
 | 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, a politician... | |
 | 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... | |
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... an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may... 
