Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth ; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world. With her, then, we should most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship ; and nothing would tend more to... The Merchants' Magazine and Commercial Review - Էջ 2681858Ամբողջությամբ դիտվող - Այս գրքի մասին
| J. Ellis Barker - 1917 - 498 էջ
...Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all, on earth ; and with har on our side we need not fear the whole world. With...nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting onca more, side by aide, in the same cause. Mr. Madison wrote to Mr. Jefferson on November... | |
| United States. Bureau of Naval Personnel - 1946 - 472 էջ
...as a grave threat to American democracy. He advised the cultivation of Great Britain's friendship. "With her on our side we need not fear the whole world." But John Quincy Adams, Monroe's Secretary of State, suggested that it was an American problem, and... | |
| 1917 - 730 էջ
...Jefferson's reply to Monroe (Oct. 1823): Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of anyone, or all, on earth, and with her on our side we need...cordial friendship, and nothing would tend more to knit affections than to be fighting once more side by side, in the same cause. It will be noted that Jefferson... | |
| Thomas Jefferson - 1970 - 420 էջ
...emancipate a continent at one stroke. . . . Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all, on earth; and with her on our side...nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be righting once more, side by side, in the same cause. Not that I would purchase even her amity at... | |
| 1980 - 272 էջ
...otherwise linger long in doubt and difficulty. Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth; and with her on our side...nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting once more, side by side, in the same cause. Not that I would purchase even her amity at... | |
| Robert W. Tucker, David C. Hendrickson - 1992 - 377 էջ
...Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of anyone, or all on earth," Jefferson acknowledged, "and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world." The reason was simple enough: "With Great Britain withdrawn from their scale and shifted into that... | |
| Walter A. McDougall - 1997 - 316 էջ
...Jefferson was flattered, especially since "Great Britain is the one nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world." But he fretted over Cannings point 4, in which Britain and the United States were to renounce any territorial... | |
| Frank P. King - 1997 - 260 էջ
...American republic. According to Jefferson, "Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth, and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world."" Adams, a bold and persistent nationalist, advised that the United States act on its own and not as... | |
| Johannes Reiling - 1997 - 472 էջ
...beigetreten war. 41 Jefferson schrieb: Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or all on earth; and with her on our side we need not to fear the whole world. With her then, we should most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship; and... | |
| David Ryan - 2000 - 640 էջ
...but with it the United States could remove one power which 'can do us the most harm of any one. of all on earth; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world'. Madison too urged acceptance. even though Britain's objectives were not identicaL Within days. Madison... | |
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