The Chronicles of America Series: Rise to world powerYale University Press, 1919 |
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... situation , stood England . De- voted as she was to law and order , bulwark against the excesses of the French Terror and the world dominion that Napoleon sought , she was neverthe- less equally strong in her opposition to Divine Right ...
... situation , stood England . De- voted as she was to law and order , bulwark against the excesses of the French Terror and the world dominion that Napoleon sought , she was neverthe- less equally strong in her opposition to Divine Right ...
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... situation 1 in 1840 exceptionally critical . ( Great Britain was angered at the failure of the United States to grant her the right to police the seas for the suppression of the slave trade , while the United States , with memories of ...
... situation 1 in 1840 exceptionally critical . ( Great Britain was angered at the failure of the United States to grant her the right to police the seas for the suppression of the slave trade , while the United States , with memories of ...
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... situation soon became acute./ Costa Rica , Nicaragua , and the Mosquitoes all claimed the mouth of the San Juan ; Honduras and Nica- ragua , the control of the Pacific outlet . British dip- lomatic and naval officers clashed with those ...
... situation soon became acute./ Costa Rica , Nicaragua , and the Mosquitoes all claimed the mouth of the San Juan ; Honduras and Nica- ragua , the control of the Pacific outlet . British dip- lomatic and naval officers clashed with those ...
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... situation , which had now become acute , was aggravated by the fact that most American public men of this period did not separate their foreign and domestic politics . Too many sought to secure the important Irish vote by twisting the ...
... situation , which had now become acute , was aggravated by the fact that most American public men of this period did not separate their foreign and domestic politics . Too many sought to secure the important Irish vote by twisting the ...
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... taking active advantage of this situation , as did France and Spain . It is indeed difficult to see what would have been the outcome ( had Great Britain also played at that time an aggressive and selfish part . She 56 THE PATH OF EMPIRE.
... taking active advantage of this situation , as did France and Spain . It is indeed difficult to see what would have been the outcome ( had Great Britain also played at that time an aggressive and selfish part . She 56 THE PATH OF EMPIRE.
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Страница 113 - But the right is more precious than peace, and we shall fight for the things which we have always carried nearest our hearts, for democracy, for the right of those who submit to authority to have a voice in their own governments...
Страница 266 - Chronic wrongdoing, or an impotence which results in a general loosening of the ties of civilized society, may in America, as elsewhere, ultimately require intervention by some civilized nation, and in the Western Hemisphere the adherence of the United States to the Monroe Doctrine may force the United States, however reluctantly, in flagrant cases of such wrongdoing or impotence, to the exercise of an international police power.
Страница 237 - A general association of nations must be formed under specific covenants for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political Independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike.
Страница 209 - There is no other course open to us but to fight it out. Every position must be held to the last man : there must be no retirement. With our backs to the wall and believing in the justice of our cause each one of us must fight on to the end. The safety of our homes and the Freedom of mankind alike depend upon the conduct of each one of us at this critical moment.
Страница 112 - Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic power and to set up amongst the really free and self-governed peoples of the world such a concert of purpose and of action as will henceforth insure the observance of those principles.
Страница 291 - It is also declared to be the friendly right of each Member of the League to bring to the attention of the Assembly or of the Council any circumstance whatever affecting international relations which threatens to disturb international peace or the good understanding between nations upon which peace depends.
Страница 112 - ... for the ultimate peace of the world and for the liberation of its peoples, the German peoples included: for the rights of nations great and small and the privilege of men everywhere to choose their way of life and of obedience. The world must be made safe for democracy.
Страница 36 - A neutral government is bound — First, to use due diligence to prevent the fitting out, arming, or equipping, within its jurisdiction, of any vessel which it has reasonable ground to believe is intended to cruise or to carry on war against a power with which it is at peace...
Страница 229 - We have no quarrel with the German people. We have no feeling towards them but one of sympathy and friendship. It was not upon their impulse that their government acted in entering this war.
Страница 238 - I have outlined. It is the principle of justice to all peoples and nationalities and their right to live on equal terms of liberty and safety with one another, whether they be strong or weak.