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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... island of Cuba , so near our own borders , have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States , have ... islands except for the pacification thereof , and asserts its deter- mination when that is accomplished to leave the ...
... island of Cuba , so near our own borders , have shocked the moral sense of the people of the United States , have ... islands except for the pacification thereof , and asserts its deter- mination when that is accomplished to leave the ...
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... island on the face of the earth . No doubt all this will come if we give a stable gov- ernment . Whatever else we say or do we must give such a government . The nations of the world will hold us responsible for Cuba through the years to ...
... island on the face of the earth . No doubt all this will come if we give a stable gov- ernment . Whatever else we say or do we must give such a government . The nations of the world will hold us responsible for Cuba through the years to ...
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... island ; as Benjamin Franklin said , " an island which compared to America is but a stepping stone in a brook with scarce enough of it above water to keep one's shoes dry . " Yet , by the force of arms , the force of trade and the force ...
... island ; as Benjamin Franklin said , " an island which compared to America is but a stepping stone in a brook with scarce enough of it above water to keep one's shoes dry . " Yet , by the force of arms , the force of trade and the force ...
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... Islands as shabbily as Spain has treated Cuba , and Russia has almost as good a right to protest against our ways as we have to protest against those of Spain . This difference obtains . The natives of Alaska are gentle and tractable ...
... Islands as shabbily as Spain has treated Cuba , and Russia has almost as good a right to protest against our ways as we have to protest against those of Spain . This difference obtains . The natives of Alaska are gentle and tractable ...
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... Chinese and canny Japanese , then next a Spanish aristocracy and a surface scum of the wanderers of all the world . In the unexplored interiors of the great islands live the wild tribes of negritos 3 86 LEST WE FORGET . " 23.
... Chinese and canny Japanese , then next a Spanish aristocracy and a surface scum of the wanderers of all the world . In the unexplored interiors of the great islands live the wild tribes of negritos 3 86 LEST WE FORGET . " 23.
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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...