Sunday, February 1, 2009

Foreign Affairs

"Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances
with any portion of the foreign world..."
~George Washington, 1796

"Commerce with all nations,
alliance with none,
should be our motto."
~Thomas Jefferson, 1799
"I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government [to be]
peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations,
entangling alliances with none..."
"Thomas Jefferson, 1801

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