Imperial Democracy: A Study of the Relation of Government by the People, Equality Before the Law, and Other Tenets of Democracy, to the Demands of a Vigorous Foreign Policy and Other Demands of Imperial DominionD. Appleton, 1899 - 293 páginas |
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... affairs , until the war fever has passed by . The patriotism of the hour looks to a fight with some other nation , not towards greater pride in our own . The war has united at last the North and the South , we say . So at least it ...
... affairs , until the war fever has passed by . The patriotism of the hour looks to a fight with some other nation , not towards greater pride in our own . The war has united at last the North and the South , we say . So at least it ...
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... affairs . Neglect invites corruption . Noble and necessary as was our Civil War , we have not yet recovered from its degrading influences . Too often the courage of brave men is an excuse for the depreda- tions of venal politicians ...
... affairs . Neglect invites corruption . Noble and necessary as was our Civil War , we have not yet recovered from its degrading influences . Too often the courage of brave men is an excuse for the depreda- tions of venal politicians ...
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... affairs . The basis of our gov- ernment is the town meeting . The people manage their local business , and send their wisest men as delegates to look after the interests of the nation . This was the dream of the fathers . If there has ...
... affairs . The basis of our gov- ernment is the town meeting . The people manage their local business , and send their wisest men as delegates to look after the interests of the nation . This was the dream of the fathers . If there has ...
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... affairs . The sub- ject nations and the military posts England rules by a rod of iron , because no other rule is possible . Every year England seizes new posts , opens new ports and widens the stretch of her empire . But of all this ...
... affairs . The sub- ject nations and the military posts England rules by a rod of iron , because no other rule is possible . Every year England seizes new posts , opens new ports and widens the stretch of her empire . But of all this ...
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... affairs . " Not that we should enter into formal alliance with Great Britain . We can get along well side by side , but never tied together . When England suggests a union for attack and defense , let us ask what she expects to gain ...
... affairs . " Not that we should enter into formal alliance with Great Britain . We can get along well side by side , but never tied together . When England suggests a union for attack and defense , let us ask what she expects to gain ...
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Página 35 - The tumult and the shouting dies ; The captains and the kings depart : Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart. Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Página 69 - That the United States hereby disclaims any disposition or intention to exercise sovereignty, jurisdiction, or control over said island except for the pacification thereof, and asserts its determination when that is accomplished to leave the government and control of the island to its people.
Página 14 - 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.
Página 14 - Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes of which are essentially foreign to our concerns. Hence, therefore, it must be unwise in us to implicate ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities. Our detached and distant situation invites and enables us to pursue a different course.
Página 276 - Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Página 35 - Beneath whose awful Hand we hold Dominion over palm and pine — Lord God of Hosts, be with us yet, Lest we forget — lest we forget!
Página 277 - I could name,— if ten honest men only, —ay, if one HONEST man, in this State of Massachusetts, ceasing to hold slaves, were actually to withdraw from this copartnership, and be locked up in the county jail therefor, it would be the abolition of slavery in America. For it matters not how small the beginning may seem to be: what is once well done is done forever.
Página 231 - The concurrent regulations hereby determined with a view to the protection and preservation of the fur seals, shall remain in force until they have been, in whole or in part, abolished or modified by common agreement between the Governments of the United States and of Great Britain. The said concurrent regulations shall be submitted every five years to a new examination, so as to enable both interested Governments to consider whether, in the light of past experience, there is occasion for any modification...
Página 276 - It is something to be able to paint a particular picture, or to carve a statue, and so to make a few objects beautiful ; but it is far more glorious to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look, which morally we can do. To affect the quality of the day, that is the highest of arts.
Página 10 - Whereas the abhorrent conditions which have existed for more than three years in the island of Cuba, so near our own borders, have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States...