Washington Quotes on Foreign policy
"For I love to indulge the contemplation of human nature in a progressive state of improvement and melioration: and if the idea would not be considered as visionary and chimerical, I could fondly hope..."
George Washington to the Marquis de Lafayette | Thursday, January 10, 1788
More"It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world."
Farewell Address to the People of the United States | Monday, September 19, 1796
More"There can be no greater error than to expect, or calculate upon real favours from Nation to Nation."
Farewell Address |
More"If we desire to avoid insult, we must be able to repel it; if we desire to secure peace, one of the most powerful instruments of our rising prosperity, it must be known, that we are at all times ready..."
Fifth Annual Address to Congress | Friday, December 13, 1793
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