4 Jul 1821 Jahr - John Quincy Addams

Beschreibung:

"But she [America] goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy. She is the well-wisher to the freedom and independence of all. She is the champion and vindicator only of her own...She well knows that by once enlisting under other banners than her own, were they even the banners of foreign independence, she would involve herself beyond the power of extrication [removal], in all the wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice [greed], envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom." Essentially, the main idea of America was that we were independent. We didn't need to get involved in petty wars simply out of greed. All we were to stand for was the freedom of our country, and aide in the freedom for others. Not fight their own battles, but encourage them to fight their own."

Isolationist