 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 996 páginas
...and that, 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?...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the... | |
 | Michael Waldman - 363 páginas
...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?...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? i < 7 hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs that honesty... | |
 | Princeton Review (Firm) - 2003 - 303 páginas
.... . . Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course. . . . Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice [whim]? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion... | |
 | Michael Hirsh - 2003 - 312 páginas
...exceptionalist mistrust about the rest of the world— especially Europe, about which George Washington warned: "Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?" The outside world, in other words, would only contaminate and corrupt our grand... | |
 | Alexis de Tocqueville - 2004 - 960 páginas
...provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel. Why forgo the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the... | |
 | Jay Shafritz - 2004 - 319 páginas
...George Washington, in his Farewell Address, September 17, 1796, advocated a policy of isolationism: "Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground? Why,...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?" Washington's comment is revealing because isolationism has always been directed... | |
 | Mark David Ledbetter - 2004 - 268 páginas
...extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.... Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?...Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humour or Caprice? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. John... | |
 | Peter Augustine Lawler, Robert Martin Schaefer - 2005 - 444 páginas
...provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest guided by our justice shall Counsel. Why forgo the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit...Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humour or Caprice? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. So... | |
 | Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - 2005 - 270 páginas
...giving us 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?...the toils of European Ambition, Rivalship, Interest, Humor or Caprice? Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the... | |
 | Van Lee - 2005 - 198 páginas
...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...ambition, rivalship, interest, humour or caprice?" From the fledgling start of the United States, an effort was made to try and remain neutral of European... | |
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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,... 
