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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... Imperialism - which shall it be ? In the direction of imperialism we have already taken . certain steps . The promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine is " LEST WE FORGET . " 19.
... Imperialism - which shall it be ? In the direction of imperialism we have already taken . certain steps . The promulgation of the Monroe Doctrine is " LEST WE FORGET . " 19.
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... imperialism . prizes lie in our hands unasked . them upon us . Its The fates have forced But before we seize them , now let us ask what it will cost ? in rich measure . Admiralty : First , it will cost life and money Kipling tells us ...
... imperialism . prizes lie in our hands unasked . them upon us . Its The fates have forced But before we seize them , now let us ask what it will cost ? in rich measure . Admiralty : First , it will cost life and money Kipling tells us ...
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... Imperialism de- mands the maintenance of a standing army large enough to carry out whatever we undertake . We must wholly change our pension laws and deal with the veteran on a basis of business , not of sentiment . Imperialism leaves ...
... Imperialism de- mands the maintenance of a standing army large enough to carry out whatever we undertake . We must wholly change our pension laws and deal with the veteran on a basis of business , not of sentiment . Imperialism leaves ...
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... imperialism is already made . If so , we shall learn the lesson of dominion in the hardest school of experience . That we shall ulti- mately learn it I have no doubt , for ours is a nation of apt scholars . We shall hold our own in war ...
... imperialism is already made . If so , we shall learn the lesson of dominion in the hardest school of experience . That we shall ulti- mately learn it I have no doubt , for ours is a nation of apt scholars . We shall hold our own in war ...
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... imperialism . First , dominion is brute force ; second , dependent nations are slave nations ; third , the making of men is greater than the building of empires . As to the first of these : The extension of dominion rests on the ...
... imperialism . First , dominion is brute force ; second , dependent nations are slave nations ; third , the making of men is greater than the building of empires . As to the first of these : The extension of dominion rests on the ...
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Página 71 - 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 16 - 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 16 - 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 37 - God of our fathers, known of old — Lord of our far-flung battle line — 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 37 - The tumult and the shouting dies — The captains and the kings depart — Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart.
Página 282 - Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Página 37 - Far-called our navies melt away — On dune and headland sinks the fire — Lo, all our pomp of yesterday Is one with Nineveh and Tyre!
Página 283 - 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 235 - 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 282 - 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.