 ... 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 choose peace or war, as our interest,...  Democracy in America - Stran 227avtor: Alexis de Tocqueville - 2000 - 778 straniOmejen predogled - O knjigi
 | Ivan Eland - 2001 - 258 strani
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 | John V. Denson - 2001 - 830 strani
...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... | |
 | 2002 - 328 strani
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 | Andrew S. Weeks - 2002 - 216 strani
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 | Jon Roper - 2002 - 232 strani
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 | Nau Nihal Singh - 2002 - 232 strani
...exclaimed George Washington in his Farewell Address, "forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?... Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...toils of European Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humor Caprice?"10 In strictly objective terms these references to Europe were churlish and unfounded. America... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 996 strani
...being chosen by the legislature of each state, they are the result of a two-stage election. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. So... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 strani
...provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our inter' est, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? i < 7 hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs that honesty is always the... | |
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