Speeches, Correspondence and Political Papers of Carl Schurz, Volume 6G.P. Putnam's Sons, 1913 |
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... tell me that we cannot govern the people of those new possessions in accordance with that principle , then I answer that this is a reason why this democracy should not attempt to govern them at all . If we do , we shall transform the ...
... tell me that we cannot govern the people of those new possessions in accordance with that principle , then I answer that this is a reason why this democracy should not attempt to govern them at all . If we do , we shall transform the ...
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... tell you that it is only a matter of time . And does any one believe that those islands , if annexed , will not become States of this Union ? That would give us at least three , perhaps four , new States , with about 3,500,000 ...
... tell you that it is only a matter of time . And does any one believe that those islands , if annexed , will not become States of this Union ? That would give us at least three , perhaps four , new States , with about 3,500,000 ...
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... tell them that thus the homogeneousness of the people of the Re- public , so essential to the working of our democratic institutions , will be irretrievably lost ; that our race troubles , already dangerous , will be infinitely ...
... tell them that thus the homogeneousness of the people of the Re- public , so essential to the working of our democratic institutions , will be irretrievably lost ; that our race troubles , already dangerous , will be infinitely ...
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... telling us that this Power is augmenting the number of its warships , or that another is increasing its battalions , or strengthening its colonial garrisons in the neighborhood of our far - away possessions ; and we shall have to follow ...
... telling us that this Power is augmenting the number of its warships , or that another is increasing its battalions , or strengthening its colonial garrisons in the neighborhood of our far - away possessions ; and we shall have to follow ...
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... tell us about the ruinous effects of increasing armaments and the necessity of stopping them in the interest of civilization and the popular welfare is true . It was our own belief some time ago . But we Americans have recently changed ...
... tell us about the ruinous effects of increasing armaments and the necessity of stopping them in the interest of civilization and the popular welfare is true . It was our own belief some time ago . But we Americans have recently changed ...
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Page 153 - OBSERVE good faith and justice towards all nations, cultivate peace and harmony with all ; religion and morality enjoin, this conduct ; and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.
Page 151 - No people can be bound to acknowledge and adore the invisible hand which conducts the affairs of men more than the people of the United States. Every step by which they have advanced to the character of an independent nation seems to have been distinguished by some token of providential agency...
Page 153 - ... the preservation of the sacred fire of liberty, and the destiny of the republican model of government, are justly considered as deeply, perhaps as finally staked, on the experiment intrusted to the hands of the American people.
Page 79 - This is a world of compensation and he who would be no slave must consent to have no slave. Those who deny freedom to others deserve it not for themselves; and under a just God, cannot long retain it.
Page 153 - ... the happiness of the people of these States, under the auspices of liberty, may be made complete, by so careful a preservation and so prudent a use of this blessing as will acquire to them the glory of recommending it to the applause, the affection, and the adoption of every nation which is yet a stranger to it.
Page 79 - What I do say is that no man is good enough to govern another man without that other's consent.
Page 394 - Chronic wrong-doing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America as elsewhere ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrong-doing or impotence, to the exercise of an international...
Page 220 - Those arguments that are made, that the inferior race are to be treated with as much allowance as they are capable of enjoying ; that as much is to be done for them as their condition will allow. What are these arguments ? They are the arguments that kings have made for enslaving the people in all ages of the world.
Page 394 - Any country whose people conduct themselves well can count upon our hearty friendship. If a nation shows that it knows how to act with reasonable efficiency and decency in social and political matters, if it keeps order and pays its obligations, it need fear no interference from the United States.
Page 190 - Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct: and can it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? It will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at no distant period, a great nation, to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people always guided by an exalted justice and benevolence.