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" 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 connexion as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements, let them be fulfilled with perfect good... "
Manual of Laws of the United States on the Subjects of Naturalization ... - Page 258
by United States - 1856 - 304 pages
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Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline ...

John V. Denson - 2001 - 830 pages
...influence is one of the most baneful foes of Republican Government. . . . 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. . . . 7 See Harry Elmer Barnes, "Revisionism and the Historical Blackout,"...
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American Presidents: Farewell Messages to the Nation, 1796-2001

Gleaves Whitney - 2003 - 496 pages
...may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the...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...
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Alexander Hamilton: Ambivalent Anglophile

Lawrence S. Kaplan - 2002 - 220 pages
...conduct for us in regard to foreign nations ought to be to have as little political connections with them as possible — so far as we have already formed engagements let them be fulfilled — with circumspection indeed but with perfect good faith. Here let us stop."23 Historians are still debating...
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My Fellow Americans

Michael Waldman - 363 pages
...may resist the intrigues of the favorite are liable to become suspected and odious, while its tools and dupes usurp the applause and confidence of the...nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as \itt\epolitical connection as possible. So far as we have already formed engagements...
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The Nationalist Ferment: The Origins of U.S. Foreign Policy, 1789-1812

Marie-Jeanne Rossignol - 2004 - 304 pages
...the rule that the first president spelled out in his Farewell Address: "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...
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Roadmap to the Regents: U. S. History and Government

Princeton Review (Firm) - 2003 - 303 pages
...questions that follow each document in the space provided. Document 1 . . .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...
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Democracy in America

Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 758 pages
...and which may be looked upon as his political bequest to the country: '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...
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Democracy in America and Two Essays on America

Alexis de Tocqueville - 2003 - 996 pages
...his fellow citizens and which was that great man's political testament: 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...
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The Sorrows of Empire: Militarism, Secrecy, and the End of the Republic

Chalmers Johnson - 2004 - 408 pages
...of September 17, 1796, George Washington told his fellow Americans, "The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is — in extending...relations — to have with them as little political connection as possible."10 To twentyfirst-century ears, this pronouncement seems highly idealistic...
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Power and Politics in Globalization: The Indispensable State

Howard H. Lentner - 2004 - 244 pages
...guideline that would provide a beacon for American policy for centuries: "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" (Washington 1796). Since that time, the United States has followed "the great...
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