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... equal . " Before its ad- vent as a nation , and for many years thereafter it was the haven of the oppressed of other lands . Its early inhabitants were will- ing to revolt against their mother country to fight for their inde- pendence ...
... equal . " Before its ad- vent as a nation , and for many years thereafter it was the haven of the oppressed of other lands . Its early inhabitants were will- ing to revolt against their mother country to fight for their inde- pendence ...
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... equal opportunity with every other man . Here a man felt a greater sense of liberty , though his personal freedom was actually strictly limited by the laws of nature . The reaction of these frontier fringes of society upon the more ...
... equal opportunity with every other man . Here a man felt a greater sense of liberty , though his personal freedom was actually strictly limited by the laws of nature . The reaction of these frontier fringes of society upon the more ...
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... equal educational opportunities that a reasonable measure of the ideal of equality of opportunity can be obtained . A free education extending through the university and a wide franchise including practically all white men and women do ...
... equal educational opportunities that a reasonable measure of the ideal of equality of opportunity can be obtained . A free education extending through the university and a wide franchise including practically all white men and women do ...
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... equal . The group which controlled the nation's resources and wealth also had a dominant voice in the control of the nation itself . Yet class control , whether by capital or labor , is incompatible with the three great ideals , self ...
... equal . The group which controlled the nation's resources and wealth also had a dominant voice in the control of the nation itself . Yet class control , whether by capital or labor , is incompatible with the three great ideals , self ...
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... equal trade and commercial oppor- tunities with other nations . It shows other nations that the United States is non - aggressive and willing to share equally the opportunities afforded for trade and commerce by the opening up of ...
... equal trade and commercial oppor- tunities with other nations . It shows other nations that the United States is non - aggressive and willing to share equally the opportunities afforded for trade and commerce by the opening up of ...
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Page 435 - It is, of course, too early to forecast the means of attaining this last result; but the policy of the Government of the United States is to seek a solution which may bring about permanent safety and peace to China, preserve Chinese territorial and administrative entity, protect all rights guaranteed to friendly powers by treaty and international law, and safeguard for the world the principle of equal and impartial trade with all parts of the Chinese Empire.
Page 369 - The question in every case is whether the words used are used in such circumstances and are of such a nature as to create a clear and present danger that they will bring about the substantive evils that Congress has a right to prevent.
Page 400 - Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a situation ? Why quit our own to stand upon foreign ground ? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European ambition, rivalship, interest, humor, or caprice?
Page 170 - For contemplation he and valour formed ; For softness she, and sweet attractive grace ; He for God only, she for God in him...
Page 400 - 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 ourselves by artificial ties in the ordinary vicissitudes of her politics, or the ordinary combinations and collisions of her friendships or enmities.
Page 462 - A general association of nations must be formed, under specific covenants, for the purpose of affording mutual guarantees of political independence and territorial integrity to great and small states alike...
Page 361 - Whoever, when the United States is at war, shall willfully make or convey false reports or false statements with intent to interfere with the operation or success of the military or naval forces of the United States or to promote the success of its enemies...
Page 353 - No free man shall be taken or imprisoned or dispossessed, or outlawed, or banished, or in any way destroyed, nor will we go upon him, nor send upon him, except by the legal judgment of his peers or by the law of the land.
Page 384 - ... the duty, necessity, or propriety of the unlawful assaulting or killing of any officer or officers, either of specific individuals or of officers generally, of the Government of the United States or of any other organized government, because of his or their official character, or that advocates or teaches the unlawful destruction of property.
Page 19 - The great rule of conduct for us in regard to foreign nations is, in extending our commercial relations to have with them as little political connection as possible.