 | Joseph Bartlett Burleigh - 1853 - 354 Seiten
...[98] justice shall counsel. — Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? — Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? — Why, by...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humour or caprice ? — 'T is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, [ " ] with any portion of the foreign... | |
 | Daniel Webster - 1853
...relation. " Why, then," he asks us, " why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?" Indeed, Gentlemen, Washington's Farewell Address is full of truths important at... | |
 | 1853 - 514 Seiten
...interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice ? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of... | |
 | William L. Hickey - 1853 - 588 Seiten
...guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation 1 ! Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving...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... | |
 | Gleaves Whitney - 2003 - 496 Seiten
...interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of... | |
 | Nau Nihal Singh - 2002 - 232 Seiten
...exclaimed George Washington in his Farewell Address, "forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?... Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...the toils of European Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humor Caprice?"10 In strictly objective terms these references to Europe were churlish and unfounded.... | |
 | Fraser Cameron - 2002 - 244 Seiten
...extending our commercial relations but to have with them as little political connections as possible. It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." This policy of non-entanglement or isolationism from other countries... | |
 | James Charlton - 2002 - 204 Seiten
...stone walls under the illusion that we have been appointed policeman to the human race. WALTER LIPPMANN It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world. GEORGE WASHINGTON Alliances are held together by fear, not by love.... | |
 | Eric Donald Hirsch, Joseph F. Kett, James Trefil, James S. Trefil - 2002 - 944 Seiten
...George WASHINGTON had given similar isolationist advice four years earlier in his FAREWELL ADDRESS: "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." Erie Canal An artificial waterway built across NEW YORK state in... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 Seiten
...est, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why, by interweaving...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? i < 7 hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs that honesty... | |
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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,... 
