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First Principles: The Fetters Imposed On Liberty At Home Have Been Forged Out of the Weapons Provided For Defense Against Real, Pretended, Or Imaginary Dangers From Abroad
“The fetters imposed on liberty at home have ever been forged out of the weapons provided for defence against real, pretended, or imaginary dangers from abroad.” – James Madison, 4th US president (16 Mar 1751-1836)
Posted in First Principles
Tagged Abroad, Danger, Defense, Fetters, First Principles, Forge, Home, Imaginary, James Madison, Liberty, Pretend, Real, Weapon
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Thought For the Day: Great Nations Have Responsibilities To Lead and We Should Always Be Cautious of Those Who Would Lower Our Profile
“It was leadership here at home that gave us strong American influence abroad, and the collapse of imperial Communism. Great nations have responsibilities to lead, and we should always be cautious of those who would lower our profile, because they … Continue reading
Posted in Thought For the Day
Tagged Abroad, American Influence, Cautious, Collapse, Communism, Flag, Great Nations, Home, Lead, Leadership, Lower Profile, Lowering, Responsibility, Ronald Reagan, Thought For the Day, Wind Up
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On Becoming A World Power
American history continues as the United States advanced post Civil War into the early 1900s, our strength grew and with it wisely or unwisely we expanded our foreign policy out into the world with all its challenges good and bad. … Continue reading
Posted in Poetry and Poems
Tagged 1900s, 1946, Abroad, Alaska, Ambition, America, American History, Americas, Annexiation, Argue, Avarice, Becoming, Benediction, Beveridge, Booty, Canal, Caution, Civil War, Colonialism, Cuba, Dedication, Deploy, Destroy, Divide, Elite, Entanglement, Europe, Evidence, Extrication, Filipino, Flag, Focus, Foreign Policy, Free, Future, Gomper, Great Power, Grover Cleveland, Hawai'i, Heart, Ideals, Imperialism, Independence, Interest, Intrigue, Inward, John Quincy Adams, Land, Liberty, Manifest Destiny, March, Mckinley, Monroe Doctrine, Monster, Nation, Navy, Ocean, Photograph, Platte Amendment, Poem, Poetry, Practical, Puerto Rico, Racism, Reason, Remember the Maine, Republic, Russia, Samoa, Sanctimony, Self Rule, Seward's Folly, Social Darwinism, Social Gospel, Soul, Spain, Spirit, The Phillipines, Trade, Trading Port, War, War of 1812, William Howard Taft, World Power, Yellow Dog Journalism
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