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 Dominion |
From inside the book
Results 1-5 of 24
Page 9
... experience . They will find means , at last , to secure justice as well as peace . As private war gave way to security under national law , so must public war give way to the law of civilization . I hear men say to - day that war is ...
... experience . They will find means , at last , to secure justice as well as peace . As private war gave way to security under national law , so must public war give way to the law of civilization . I hear men say to - day that war is ...
Page 30
... 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 and diplo- macy , we shall tie the hands of turbulent nations and seize the assets of bankrupt ones ...
... 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 and diplo- macy , we shall tie the hands of turbulent nations and seize the assets of bankrupt ones ...
Page 33
... experience , and once arisen may work itself out into virtue . In It is not true that the government " which is best ad- ministered is best . " That is the maxim of tyranny . That government is best which makes the best men . the ...
... experience , and once arisen may work itself out into virtue . In It is not true that the government " which is best ad- ministered is best . " That is the maxim of tyranny . That government is best which makes the best men . the ...
Page 75
... experience in the hardest of schools will teach us something to our advantage as well as to hers . In our compactness lies a strength which alarms even England . It means our future financial and commercial supremacy . It is England's ...
... experience in the hardest of schools will teach us something to our advantage as well as to hers . In our compactness lies a strength which alarms even England . It means our future financial and commercial supremacy . It is England's ...
Page 77
... but we may note that the youth is gaining this experience under the convoy of the toughest old pirate of the whole water front . Moreover , England welcomes our intrusion in the Orient because A BLIND MAN'S HOLIDAY . 77.
... but we may note that the youth is gaining this experience under the convoy of the toughest old pirate of the whole water front . Moreover , England welcomes our intrusion in the Orient because A BLIND MAN'S HOLIDAY . 77.
Other editions - View all
Common terms and phrases
administration affairs Aguinaldo Alaska Aleuts American Anglo-Saxon annexation arbitration army Belkofski Bering Sea better blood Britain British British civil service citizens civil service colonies commercial Congress consent Constitution corruption Cuba demand democracy despotism destiny diplomacy dominion Doubtless duty empire England ernment expansion fact federal fight Filipinos flag force foreign forms freedom fur seal give glory hands herd hold Imperialism Indian industry interests justice labor land Leland Stanford Luzon manifest destiny Manila matters ment methods military Monroe Doctrine moral nation natives navy never officers Outlook Paris Tribunal patriotism peace pelagic sealing Philippines political politicians President Pribilof Islands principles problems protection question race republic republican responsibility rest rule salmon sea otter self-government slave slavery social soldiers Spain spoils system territory things Thoreau tion to-day trade tropics tyranny United words
Popular passages
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 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.
Page 35 - 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.
Page 35 - The tumult and the shouting dies — The captains and the kings depart — Still stands Thine ancient sacrifice, An humble and a contrite heart.
Page 290 - Under a government which imprisons any unjustly, the true place for a just man is also a prison.
Page 35 - 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.
Page 291 - 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.
Page 243 - 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...
Page 290 - 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.