 Small islands not capable of protecting themselves are the proper objects for kingdoms to take under their care; but there is something absurd, in supposing a Continent to be perpetually governed by an island. In no instance hath nature made the satellite...  The Pamphleteer - Page 83edited by - 1818Full view - About this book
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...and humble the poor under the proud superiority of the rich." As Thomas Paine put it, "It is clear they belong to different systems: England to Europe, and America to itself." Yehoshua Arieli sums up early American isolationism's compact rationale: ... [G] rowing isolationism... | |
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