The Monroe Doctrine: An Obsolete ShibbolethYale University Press, 1913 - 151 pages |
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... fact that the enunciation of this policy of " America for Americans , " and our firm adherence to it for so many years , has had a very decided effect upon the history of the western hemisphere . In the trenchant words of Mr. Root ...
... fact that the enunciation of this policy of " America for Americans , " and our firm adherence to it for so many years , has had a very decided effect upon the history of the western hemisphere . In the trenchant words of Mr. Root ...
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... fact that the actual words " Monroe Doctrine " were rarely heard or seen . In 1845 , without mentioning this shib- boleth by name , President Polk declared that the United States would not permit any European intervention on the North ...
... fact that the actual words " Monroe Doctrine " were rarely heard or seen . In 1845 , without mentioning this shib- boleth by name , President Polk declared that the United States would not permit any European intervention on the North ...
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... fact that we had not the slightest personal interest in the paltry sixty thousand square miles of jungle south - east of the Orinoco added to our self - esteem . It raised our pa- triotism to the highest pitch when we real- ized that we ...
... fact that we had not the slightest personal interest in the paltry sixty thousand square miles of jungle south - east of the Orinoco added to our self - esteem . It raised our pa- triotism to the highest pitch when we real- ized that we ...
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... fact that the average American citizen was quite convinced by it . Those who re- fused to accept it were later criticised by Mr. Cleveland as " un - American . " He even went so far as to say : " Those among us who most loudly ...
... fact that the average American citizen was quite convinced by it . Those who re- fused to accept it were later criticised by Mr. Cleveland as " un - American . " He even went so far as to say : " Those among us who most loudly ...
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... fact remains that the whole epi- sode disclosed how widespread throughout the United States was the determination of the American people to uphold the Doctrine . In the second place , another aspect of the new version of the Monroe ...
... fact remains that the whole epi- sode disclosed how widespread throughout the United States was the determination of the American people to uphold the Doctrine . In the second place , another aspect of the new version of the Monroe ...
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Page 109 - ... is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power, submitting to injuries from none.
Page 105 - In the discussions to which this interest has given rise and in the arrangements by which they may terminate the occasion has been judged proper for asserting, as a principle in which the rights and interests of the United States are involved, that the American continents, by the free and independent condition which they have assumed and maintain, are henceforth not to be considered as subjects for future colonization by any European powers.
Page 109 - The Monroe Doctrine should be the cardinal feature of the foreign policy of all the nations of the two Americas, as it is of the United States.
Page 112 - Our interests and those of our southern neighbors are in reality identical. They have great natural riches, and if within their borders the reign of law and justice obtains, prosperity is sure to come to them. While they thus obey the primary laws of civilized society they may rest assured that they will be treated by us in a spirit of cordial and helpful sympathy.
Page 6 - The states of America, South as well as North, by geographical proximity, by natural sympathy, by similarity of governmental constitutions, are friends and allies, commercially and politically, of the United States.
Page 111 - It is not true that the United States feels any land hunger or entertains any projects as regards the other nations of the Western Hemisphere save such as are for their welfare. All that this country desires is to see the neighboring countries stable, orderly, and prosperous.
Page 104 - ... are the same, and the bond, by sentiment as well as by interest, will be proportionably strengthened as they are better informed of the real state of public affairs, especially in difficult conjunctures. It is by such knowledge that local prejudices and jealousies are surmounted, and that a national policy, extending its fostering care and protection to all the great interests of our Union, is formed and steadily adhered to.
Page 106 - Although no power has declared in their favor, yet none, according to our information, has taken part against them. Their cause and their name have protected them from dangers which might ere this have overwhelmed any other people. The ordinary calculations of interest and of acquisition with a view to aggrandizement, which mingles so much in the transactions of nations, seem to have had no effect in regard to them.
Page 111 - Chronic wrongdoing, 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 wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
Page 35 - All that this country desires is to see the neighboring countries stable, orderly, and prosperous. Any country whose people conduct themselves well can count upon our hearty friendship.