Founding Fathers Quotes on FOREIGN POLICY
Hey, I need to write a paper ion foreign policy and I need some help gathering quotes from the founding fathers in regard to war, liberty, and foreign policy.
They don't necessarily have to be founding fathers, but at least people who supported the American cause ... can you guys list some for me?
I will start with Edmund Burke and John Quincy Adams
Among precautions against ambition, it may not be amiss to take one precaution against our own. I must fairly say, I dread our own power and our own ambition; I dread our being too much dreaded. . . . It is ridiculous to say we are not men, and that, as men, we shall never wish to aggrandize ourselves in some way or other . . . we may say that we shall not abuse this astonishing and hitherto unheard of power. But every other nation will think we shall abuse it. It is impossible but that, sooner or later, this state of things must produce a combination against us which may end in our ruin.
- Edmund Burke
....but she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy
- John Quincy Adams
let's make this post like a game ... post some great non-intervention quotes
important american figures
important american figures are more convincing to an american audience
How 'bout one from some of the founding fathers of rock?
Things haven't changed much since '69 have they?
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We don't know how to mind our own business
'Cause the whole worlds got to be just like us
Now we are fighting a war over there
No matter who's the winner
We can't pay the cost
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
Steppenwolf 1969
'Cause there's a monster on the loose
I have an excellent article
by James Madison on my site semperliberi.com. It's in the rotating frame, click "Forward" till you arrive then click "Read More", its called...
Madison: The Most Dreaded Enemy
I got it from Mises.org
"War is the parent of armies; from these proceed debts and taxes; and armies, and debts, and taxes are the known instruments for bringing the many under the domination of the few."
"No nation could preserve its freedom in the midst of continual warfare
" James Madison
I'll play...
"The great rule of conduct for us, in regard to foreign nations, is in
extending our commercial relations to have as little political
connection as possible... Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of
any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of
European ambition, rivalships, interest, humor, or caprice?... It is our
true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of
the foreign world."
George Washington
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