 ... 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
 | Ralph Keyes - 2007 - 416 strani
...is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world," and "Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? " But Washington referred to "entangling alliances" only in our memories. This hook phrase made it... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - 2007 - 358 strani
...sides to republics is that they afford too easy an inlet to foreign corruption." Federalist 22. 1 17. "Why. by interweaving our destiny with that of any...ambition. rivalship. interest. humor or caprice?" Washington. "Farewell Address." in Richardson. Messages. 1:215. "[ P|cace. commerce. and honest friendship... | |
 | Joyce P. Kaufman - 2006 - 190 strani
...clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." He asked the country why we should "entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice."14 What did the policy of unilateralism really mean for the United States? Here, again, it... | |
 | Sheila Suess Kennedy - 2007 - 257 strani
...Washington: Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. . . . Why forgo the advantages of so peculiar a situation?...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?" (1997, 39). The new country would be able to make decisions free of the encumbrances of treaties and... | |
 | Frank Schorkopf - 2007 - 390 strani
...amerikanischen Demokratie, 1.Aufl., 1947, S. 151 (155); die Formulierung lautet im Original: »Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?« konkreten Entscheidung durch ein überstaatliches Gremium. Dagegen nimmt ein dem Unilateralismus zuneigender... | |
 | Gautam Maitra - 2007 - 262 strani
...not far off, when we may defy material injury from external annoyance;...", and again, "why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?" Paradoxically, it is the same American 'uniqueness' that had made America more dependent on the rest... | |
 | M. Kent Bolton - 2008 - 452 strani
...politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities . . . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit...of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?2 President John Quincy Adams, America's sixth president (1825-1829), neatly captured Washington's... | |
 | Patrick J. Buchanan - 2007 - 316 strani
...connection as possible." Pointing to America's distance from Europe, Washington implored us, 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... | |
 | David S. Kidder, Noah D. Oppenheim - 2007 - 392 strani
...tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people to surrender their interests . . . Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? Washington's clarion call to avoid foreign entanglements reflected, and helped to shape, an enduring... | |
 | Michael Schmid - 2007 - 28 strani
...detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course [from Europe]" and asks "Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?"2 Thomas Jefferson agreed with Washington's assessment and as secretary of state (1792) he... | |
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