 ... 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
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2004 - 960 strani
...by artificial ties, in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships, or enmities. Our detached...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... | |
 | Jay Shafritz - 2004 - 319 strani
...George Washington, in his Farewell Address, September 17, 1796, advocated a policy of isolationism: "Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why,...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?" Washington's comment is revealing because isolationism has always been directed far more against possible... | |
 | Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - 2005 - 444 strani
...lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest guided by our justice shall Counsel. Why forgo the advantages of...the toils of European Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humour or Caprice? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - 2005 - 270 strani
...provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest guided by justice shall Counsel. 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... | |
 | Mark David Ledbetter - 2004 - 268 strani
...our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.... Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit...the toils of European Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humour or Caprice? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the... | |
 | Tod Lindberg - 2005 - 260 strani
...late editor of Atlantic Monthly, observed. "Why," asked George Washington, in his Farewell Address, "by interweaving our destiny with that of any part...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?" For millions of Americans, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Europe was the place you escaped... | |
 | Van Lee - 2005 - 198 strani
...father and first President of the United States, George Washington, had stated in his farewell address, "Why by interweaving our destiny with that of any...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humour or caprice?" From the fledgling start of the United States, an effort was made to try and remain... | |
 | Daniel Levy, Max Pensky, John Torpey - 2005 - 274 strani
...of the young republic. 'Why,' George Washington asked in his Farewell Address on September 17, 1796, 'by interweaving our destiny with that of any part...and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalry, interest, humor or caprice?' He promptly answered his rhetorical question: 'It is our true... | |
 | Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 strani
...guided by [t] justice shall counsel, — Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation f— Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? —...interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Bprope, entangle our peace and prosperity lu the toiis of European ambition, rivaiship, interest, humour... | |
 | Michael Lind - 2006 - 304 strani
...detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course . . . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit...and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rival ship, interest, humor or caprice?" He concluded: "It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent... | |
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