| Thomas L. Krannawitter, Daniel C. Palm - 2005 - 270 sider
...intrigues of the favorite, are liable to become suspected and odious; while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled, with perfect... | |
| Washington Irving - 2005 - 417 sider
...intrigues of the favourite, are liable to become suspected and odious; while its toois aad dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the people, to surrender...Nations is, [in extending our commercial relations,] to ha7a with them as little Political connection as possible. go far as we have aiready formed engagements... | |
| Frank E. Grizzard - 2005 - 464 sider
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| Jeffrey Legro - 2005 - 284 sider
...Farewell Address to Congress is read aloud in Congress. In it he advises: The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible. . . . Why by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle... | |
| Mark David Ledbetter - 2004 - 268 sider
...congressmen apparently listened to it until 1898. Washington tells us, The Great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign Nations, is in extending...commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.... Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation? Why quit our own to... | |
| Donald E. Schmidt - 2005 - 770 sider
...Washington's words uttered in his Farewell Address had renewed meaning: "The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is — in extending...relations — to have with them as little political connections as possible."4 The label "Isolationism" was a pejorative term attached to those who opposed... | |
| Mark Skousen, Benjamin Franklin - 2005 - 514 sider
...of George Washington's farewell address, who in 1796 warned citizens, "The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is, in extending...commercial relations, to have with them as little political connection as possible." Franklin had said it more succinctly in 1778, nearly two decades earlier:... | |
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