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But Foreign Aid Is Bribery! And Blackmail, Extortion, and Theft Too!, by Jacob G. Hornberger, 26 Sep 2003
George Washington's Farewell Address, by George Washington, 19 Sep 1796
The Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia
"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, Humour or Caprice? 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign World ... I repeat it therefore, Let those engagements. be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them."
The Papers of George Washington, University of Virginia
"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, Humour or Caprice? 'Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign World ... I repeat it therefore, Let those engagements. be observed in their genuine sense. But in my opinion, it is unnecessary and would be unwise to extend them."
Improve the CIA? Better to abolish it, by Chalmers Johnson, San Francisco Chronicle, 22 Feb 2004
Related Topics: Afghanistan, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Nicaragua, United States, Vietnam
Lists countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency.
Related Topics: Afghanistan, Brazil, Cambodia, Chile, Cuba, El Salvador, Greece, Guatemala, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Laos, Nicaragua, United States, Vietnam
Lists countries where the CIA conducted subversive operations and recommends abolishing the agency.
Kerry's Entangling Alliances, by Michael Badnarik, 28 Oct 2004
"When countries tie themselves together in mutual defense pacts and alliances, they end up participating in foolish wars out of diplomatic obligation, rather than limiting themselves to legitimate self-defense. ... Getting other countries involved in defending and extending U.S. aggression is the wrong strategy."
"When countries tie themselves together in mutual defense pacts and alliances, they end up participating in foolish wars out of diplomatic obligation, rather than limiting themselves to legitimate self-defense. ... Getting other countries involved in defending and extending U.S. aggression is the wrong strategy."
Pathetic Arguments for Foreign Intervention, by Sheldon Richman, 25 Jan 2008
Related Topic: Libertarianism
Discusses comments made by Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal about Ron Paul's call for U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East
"For decades U.S. presidents have sought to manage the world in behalf of what they call 'American interests,' and all it has brought is death, mayhem, anti-Americanism, and a price tag that would blow the average citizen's mind if he fully grasped it."
Related Topic: Libertarianism
Discusses comments made by Bret Stephens of the Wall Street Journal about Ron Paul's call for U.S. withdrawal from the Middle East
"For decades U.S. presidents have sought to manage the world in behalf of what they call 'American interests,' and all it has brought is death, mayhem, anti-Americanism, and a price tag that would blow the average citizen's mind if he fully grasped it."
The American Heritage of "Isolationism", by Gregory Bresiger, Freedom Daily, May 2006
Related Topics: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, Woodrow Wilson
"A foreign policy of endlessly making enemies, of perpetual war for peace is one Americans have frequently rejected at the ballot box. Indeed, they have often voted for presidential candidates they thought would keep the nation at peace but instead led the nation into wars and more wars."
Related Topics: John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, Lyndon B. Johnson, Richard M. Nixon, Franklin Delano Roosevelt, George Washington, Woodrow Wilson
"A foreign policy of endlessly making enemies, of perpetual war for peace is one Americans have frequently rejected at the ballot box. Indeed, they have often voted for presidential candidates they thought would keep the nation at peace but instead led the nation into wars and more wars."
Thinking about Foreign Policy, by Sheldon Richman, Freedom Daily, Dec 2006
Related Topics: The State, Taxation
"America' s geographic position and wealth made nonintervention highly practicable and low-risk, yet successive governments refused to abstain from meddling in foreign affairs, which served only to endanger the people they claimed to protect. Keeping in mind the full context of how foreign policy is formulated, we can easily see through the popular fallacies that undermine so much thinking about war and peace."
Related Topics: The State, Taxation
"America' s geographic position and wealth made nonintervention highly practicable and low-risk, yet successive governments refused to abstain from meddling in foreign affairs, which served only to endanger the people they claimed to protect. Keeping in mind the full context of how foreign policy is formulated, we can easily see through the popular fallacies that undermine so much thinking about war and peace."
Can We Achieve Peace in the Middle East?, by Ron Paul, Ron Paul's Texas Straight Talk, 22 Jan 2007
Related Topics: Middle East
"... there is another perspective that is never discussed in American politics. That ... is the perspective of our founding fathers, namely that America should not intervene in the internal affairs of other nations. ... Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts."
Related Topics: Middle East
"... there is another perspective that is never discussed in American politics. That ... is the perspective of our founding fathers, namely that America should not intervene in the internal affairs of other nations. ... Jefferson, Madison, and Washington explicitly warned against involving ourselves in foreign conflicts."
Free Cory Maye, by Sheldon Richman, Freedom Daily, May 2006
Related Topics: War on Drugs, Right to Trial by Jury
"Another horrendous aspect of prohibition is the pretext it provides for U.S. intervention in foreign countries. It is outrageous, not to mention criminal, for the U.S. government to bully farmers in Latin America and elsewhere and to eradicate their coca and poppy crops. ... All the bullying does is create enemies for America ..."
Related Topics: War on Drugs, Right to Trial by Jury
"Another horrendous aspect of prohibition is the pretext it provides for U.S. intervention in foreign countries. It is outrageous, not to mention criminal, for the U.S. government to bully farmers in Latin America and elsewhere and to eradicate their coca and poppy crops. ... All the bullying does is create enemies for America ..."
The War System and Its Intellectual Myths, by Murray N. Rothbard, Harry Elmer Barnes: Learned Crusader, 1968
Related Topics: War, Cold War, Democracy, Japan, Military Industrial Complex, George Orwell, Right Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures, World War II
Originally titled "Harry Elmer Barnes as Revisionist of the Cold War"
"For his policy recommendations, Barnes recalled. 'the traditional American foreign policy of benign neutrality, and the wise exhortations of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay to avoid entangling alliances and to shun foreign quarrels,' ..."
Related Topics: War, Cold War, Democracy, Japan, Military Industrial Complex, George Orwell, Right Against Unreasonable Searches and Seizures, World War II
Originally titled "Harry Elmer Barnes as Revisionist of the Cold War"
"For his policy recommendations, Barnes recalled. 'the traditional American foreign policy of benign neutrality, and the wise exhortations of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, John Quincy Adams, and Henry Clay to avoid entangling alliances and to shun foreign quarrels,' ..."
Wilson in the Mirror, by John M. Peters, 23 May 2006
Related Topics: Woodrow Wilson, George W. Bush, War
"Both men campaigned upon slogans which promised no foreign entanglements. Wilson's re-election campaign slogan, 'He kept us out of war,' is credited with his narrow re-election victory. ... George Bush promised not to send the armed forces abroad for what he called nation building, a direct criticism of Clinton's armed interventions in Somalia and Yugoslavia."
Related Topics: Woodrow Wilson, George W. Bush, War
"Both men campaigned upon slogans which promised no foreign entanglements. Wilson's re-election campaign slogan, 'He kept us out of war,' is credited with his narrow re-election victory. ... George Bush promised not to send the armed forces abroad for what he called nation building, a direct criticism of Clinton's armed interventions in Somalia and Yugoslavia."
Books
Peace and Freedom: Foreign Policy for a Constitutional Republic
by Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute, 2002
by Ted Galen Carpenter, Cato Institute, 2002
- ISBN 1930865341
: Hardcover, Cato Institute, 2002
- ISBN 1930865333
: Paperback, Cato Institute, 2002