 | Aaron Bancroft - 1853 - 466 strani
...lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. " Why forego the advantages...rivalship, interest, humour, or caprice ? " It is o-ir true policy to steer clear of permanent • alliances with any portion of the foreign world ;... | |
 | Joseph Bartlett Burleigh - 1853 - 354 strani
...the giving us provocation [ 9T ] ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest guided by [98] justice shall counsel. — Why forego the advantages...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humour or caprice ? — 'T is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, [ " ] with any portion of the foreign... | |
 | 1853 - 514 strani
...lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages...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... | |
 | Andy Williams - 1998 - 230 strani
...States out of foreign affairs. As he departed the presidency, Washington clearly articulated this view. 'Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?' Of course, it was not possible to stay apart from the rest of the world, although... | |
 | John V. Denson - 570 strani
...vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships, or enmities Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humour or Caprice? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world/ In... | |
 | Abba Eban - 1998 - 204 strani
...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 or Caprice?"10 In strictly objective terms these references to Europe were churlish and unfounded.... | |
 | Bernard De Voto, Bernard Augustine De Voto - 1998 - 694 strani
...question which down to this day has lowered like a thunderhead whenever the nation has come in peril, "Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?" Always when that cloud has gathered it has been dispelled by the same inexorability... | |
 | Richard N. Rosenfeld - 1998 - 1012 strani
...conscience from its honesty?" Washington's Farewell Address asks, "Wliy, by interweaving our destiny with any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest humor or caprice? 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances •with any portion of... | |
 | George Washington - 1999 - 142 strani
...of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Farewell Address, Philadelphia, September 19, 1796 Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? Farewell Address, Philadelphia, September 19, 1796 America may think herself happy... | |
 | Joseph Story - 1999 - 374 strani
...lightly hazard the giving us provocation ; wher we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided bj justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages...situation ? Why quit our own, to stand upon foreign ground T Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity... | |
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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,... 
