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Bonhomme Richard

(9,000 posts) Wed Jul 3, 2013, 10:39 AM Jul 2013

I would like to share small part of a 4th of July speach.

Declaration that the United States "goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy" lest she "involve herself beyond the power of extrication, in all wars of interest and intrigue, of individual avarice, envy, and ambition, which assume the colors and usurp the standard of freedom. The fundamental maxims of her policy would insensibly change from liberty to force." The United States might " become the dictatress of the world but she would be no longer the ruler of her own spirit."
President John Quincy Adams July 4th, 1821

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I would like to share small part of a 4th of July speach. (Original Post) Bonhomme Richard Jul 2013 OP

As I recall, JQ Adams was originally a proponent of 'manifest destiny' Cirque du So-What Jul 2013 #1

Cirque du So-What

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1. As I recall, JQ Adams was originally a proponent of 'manifest destiny'

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Wed Jul 3, 2013, 10:48 AM

Jul 2013

but changed his mind when he realized that slavery would take root in newly-acquired Texas.

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