...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...

...extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. . . . Why by interweaving our destiny with that of any part...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of...

...late editor of Atlantic Monthly, observed. "Why," asked George Washington, in his Farewell Address, "by interweaving our destiny with that of any part...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?" For millions of Americans, in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Europe was...

...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...

...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...

...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? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of...

...continued: "Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course . . . Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation?...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...

...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...the toils of European ambition. rivalship. interest. humor or caprice?" Washington. "Farewell Address." in Richardson. Messages. 1:215. "[ P|cace. commerce....

...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...the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? " But Washington referred to "entangling alliances" only in our memories. This hook...

...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,...