 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,...  Railway Mechanical and Electrical Engineer - Page 1691832Full view - About this book
 | Jeffrey Legro - Political Science - 2005 - 284 pages
...extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. . . . Why by interweaving our destiny with that of any part...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent... | |
 | Van Lee - History - 2005 - 198 pages
...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...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humour or caprice?" From the fledgling start of the United States, an... | |
 | Tod Lindberg - Europe - 2005 - 260 pages
...late editor of Atlantic Monthly, observed. "Why," asked George Washington, in his Farewell Address, "by interweaving our destiny with that of any part...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?" For millions of Americans, in the nineteenth and... | |
 | Daniel Levy, Max Pensky, John Torpey - History - 2005 - 274 pages
...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...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalry, interest, humor or caprice?' He promptly answered his rhetorical question: 'It is... | |
 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 417 pages
...— Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation f— Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? — Why, by 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 - History - 2006 - 304 pages
.... . . 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...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rival ship, interest, humor or caprice?" He concluded: "It is our true policy to steer clear... | |
 | Wardell Lindsay - 2006 - 24 pages
...counsel. 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...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent... | |
 | Ronald J. Pestritto, Thomas G. West - History - 2007 - 358 pages
...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...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition. rivalship. interest. humor or caprice?" Washington. "Farewell Address." in Richardson. Messages.... | |
 | Ralph Keyes - Reference - 2007 - 416 pages
...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...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice? " But Washington referred to "entangling alliances"... | |
 | M. Kent Bolton - History - 2008 - 452 pages
.... . . 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...our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?2 President John Quincy Adams, America's sixth president... | |
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