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Dwight D. Eisenhower1 quote
No nation can longer be a fortress, lone and strong and safe. And any people, seeking such shelter for themselves, can now build only their own prison. — Dwight D. Eisenhower · 1957George Washington1 quote
Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliances, with any portion of the foreign world. — George Washington · 1796James Buchanan1 quote
We ought to cherish a sacred regard for the independence of all nations, and never attempt to interfere in the domestic concerns of any unless this shall be imperatively required by the great law of self-preservation. — James Buchanan · 1857James Monroe1 quote
Europe is again unsettled and the prospect of war increasing. Should the flame light up in any quarter, how far it may extend it is impossible to foresee. It is our peculiar felicity to be altogether unconnected with the causes which produce this menacing aspect elsewhere. With every power we are in perfect amity, and it is our interest to remain so if it be practicable on just conditions. — James Monroe · 1821John Quincy Adams1 quote
Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will her heart, her benedictions and her prayers be. But she goes not abroad in search of monsters to destroy. — John Quincy Adams · 1821Martin Van Buren1 quote
We have no disposition and we disclaim all right to meddle in disputes, whether internal or foreign, that may molest other countries, regarding them in their actual state as social communities, and preserving a strict neutrality in all their controversies. — Martin Van Buren · 1837Warren G. Harding1 quote
America, our America, the America builded on the foundation laid by the inspired fathers, can be a party to no permanent military alliance. It can enter into no political commitments, nor assume any economic obligations which will subject our decisions to any other than our own authority. — Warren G. Harding · 1921William McKinley1 quote
We have cherished the policy of non-interference with affairs of foreign governments wisely inaugurated by Washington, keeping ourselves free from entanglement, either as allies or foes, content to leave undisturbed with them the settlement of their own domestic concerns. — William McKinley · 1897Woodrow Wilson1 quote
Our whole duty, for the present, at any rate, is summed up in this motto, "America first." — Woodrow Wilson · 1915