| Washington Irving - Biography & Autobiography - 2005 - 417 pages
...at any time dictate. โ Observe good faith and justice towards all Nations [ยง] Cultivate peace tad harmony with all, โ Religion and morality enjoin...it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it ? โ lt will be worthy of a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great nation, to give... | |
| David Rothkopf - History - 2005 - 588 pages
...his Farewell Address he added that his vision of America's future on the international stage was "for a free, enlightened, and, at no distant period, a great Nation, to give mankind the too novel example of a People always guided by exalted justice and benevolence Can it be... | |
| Gary Scott Smith - Religion - 2006 - 680 pages
...his farewell address, he urged his countrymen to "observe good faith and justice toward all nations." "Religion and morality enjoin this conduct, and can...it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?" The president sought to promote harmony and positive exchanges with all nations, which "policy, humanity... | |
| Michael D. Chan - Biography & Autobiography - 2006 - 249 pages
...Hamilton included the following line: "It will, at least, be worthy of a free, enlightened, and at not distant period, a great Nation to give to mankind the magnanimous and too novel example of a people invariably guided by an exalted justice and benevolence." As Karl-Friedrich Walling details, Hamilton... | |
| T. M. Usel - Juvenile Nonfiction - 2000 - 28 pages
...address, George told Americans not to go to war with other countries. Words from George Washington "Observe good faith and justice towards all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all." From Washington's farewell address September 19, 1796 "Rise early, that by habit it may become familiar,... | |
| Patrick Mendis - Business & Economics - 2007 - 442 pages
...widely and read deeply. In his farewell address to the nation in 1796, President George Washington said, "Observe good faith and justice towards all nations; cultivate peace and harmony with all." 47 Back in the late 1700s and early 1800s, when international travel was arduous, risky, and long,... | |
| Carson Holloway - Political Science - 2008 - 244 pages
...a realist concern about American interests and security with a more liberal call for his nation to "[o]bserve good faith and justice towards all Nations....it be that good policy does not equally enjoin it?" He cited the utilitarian maxim that "honesty is always the best policy," but he exhorted America to... | |
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