| John E. Hill - 2007 - 290 페이지
...was one of his concerns. He agreed with Adams on political alliances: 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. So far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled with perfect... | |
| Benjamin Franklin - 2007 - 513 페이지
...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:... | |
| Edward F. Dolan - 2008 - 102 페이지
...nation's fourth president) and revised by Alexander Hamilton, he held that 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. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect... | |
| Patrick J. Buchanan - 2007 - 316 페이지
...Washington had laid down the first commandment of US foreign policy. "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." Pointing to America's distance from Europe, Washington implored us, Why forego... | |
| M. Kent Bolton - 2008 - 452 페이지
.... . . the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake. . . 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. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect... | |
| John Thomas Nall - 2007 - 258 페이지
...equally free, cannot live in the same government." ~ Thomas Jefferson •"The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations is in extending our commercial relations to them with as little political connection as possible ..." — First President of the USA, George Washington,... | |
| Tom Lansford, Thomas E. Woods, Jr. - 2007 - 120 페이지
...observance— long determined the conduct ofU.S commercial and foreign policy. 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. So far as we have already < 'formed engagements let them be fulfilled with... | |
| Mark McNeilly - 2008 - 224 페이지
...and to build a strong defense. By following Washington's advice that "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," the United States would be free to set its own course. Washington then ended... | |
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