 | Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 417 pages
...faith. — Here let us stop, — Europe has a set of primary interests, which to us have none, or a very remote relation. — Hence she must be engaged...us to implicate ourselves by [**] artificial [ties] ft in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, [orj tt the ordinary combinations and collisions of... | |
 | Donald E. Schmidt - History - 2005 - 386 pages
...concern. Said President Washington: "Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in...of which are essentially foreign to our concerns." 3 The Fourth of July oration of John Quincy Adams in 1821 formulates the cautionary doctrine of early... | |
 | Michael Lind - History - 2006 - 304 pages
...Washington told his fellow citizens: "Europe has a set of primary interests which to us have none, or a very remote relation. Hence she must be engaged in...artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities." Washington continued:... | |
 | Joyce P. Kaufman - History - 2006 - 190 pages
...has a set of primary interests which to us have none or a very remote relation. Hence, she [Europe] must be engaged in frequent controversies, the causes...artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities." Given the dangers... | |
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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... 
