 | Mark David Ledbetter - 2004 - 268 strani
...congressmen apparently listened to it until 1898. Washington tells us, The Great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign Nations, is in extending...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.... Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to... | |
 | Donald E. Schmidt - 2005 - 770 strani
...Washington's words uttered in his Farewell Address had renewed meaning: "The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is — in extending...relations — to have with them as little political connections as possible."4 The label "Isolationism" was a pejorative term attached to those who opposed... | |
 | Jeffrey Legro - 2005 - 284 strani
...Farewell Address to Congress is read aloud in Congress. In it he advises: The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. . . . Why by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle... | |
 | Wardell Lindsay - 2006 - 24 strani
...may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the...nations is, in extending our commercial relations ro have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements... | |
 | Colin Dueck - 2008 - 235 strani
...American assumptions in his 1796 Farewell Address, in which he argued that "the great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible."21 Of course, Americans never rejected trade or economic opportunities abroad... | |
 | Max Linn - 2006 - 131 strani
...which consumes $440 billion? He made his opinions known in writing: "The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is in extending our...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible ... Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote... | |
 | Joyce P. Kaufman - 2006 - 190 strani
...to deal with all countries equally and fairly. Washington also said "The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible." In other words, while it is important to trade with other countries, the United... | |
 | John B. Judis - 2006 - 256 strani
...Britain's superior navy. In his Farewell Address in 1796, Washington said, "The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible." He warned against "permanent inveterate antipathies against particular nations... | |
 | 314 strani
...Washington warned in his presidential 'Farewell Address* that "The great rule of conduct for us (USA), in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending our...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible." How vigilant we must be to prevent our 'superpower' reputation from being... | |
 | Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 513 strani
...of George Washington's farewell address, who in 1796 warned citizens, "The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending...commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible." Franklin had said it more succinctly in 1778, nearly two decades earlier:... | |
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The great rule of conduct for us. in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations, to have with them as little political connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good... 
