"Colony,"—or "Free State"? "Dependence,"—or "Just Connection"? - An Essay Based on the Political Philosophy of the American - Revolution, as Summarized in the Declaration of - Independence, towards the Ascertainment of the Nature of - the Political Relati by Alpheus H. Snow
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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? 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, humor, or caprice? It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world." President Washington. Farewell Address, September 17, 1796. THE AMERICAN SYSTEM AS DEFINED BY PRESIDENT JEFFERSON "I deem the essential principles of our government [to be] Equal and exact justice to all men, of whatever state or persuasion, peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations, entangling alliances with none, the support of the State Governments in all their rights, as the most competent administrations for our domestic concerns and the surest bulwarks against anti-republican tendencies, the preservation of the General Government in its whole constitutional vigor, as the sheet-anchor of our peace at home and safety abroad." President Jefferson. First Inaugural Address, March 4, 1801. |
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