“American influence in the world is certainly considerable, but the United States does not control, directly or indirectly, the politics and economics of other societies, as empires have always done, save for a few special cases that turn out to be the exceptions that prove the rule.” WorldDoeStatesDoneTurnsUnitedCasesUnited StatesInfluenceSpecialProveEconomicsEmpiresExceptionPolitics And Economics Book:The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the Source: The Case for Goliath: How America Acts as the World's Government in the
“The United States cannot reshape other countries in its own image and that, with a few exceptions, its efforts to police the world are neither in its interests nor within the scope of its resources. This whole tendency to see ourselves as the center of political enlightenment and as teachers to a great part of the rest of the world strikes me as unthought-through, vainglorious and undesirable.” WorldCountryStatesWholeAmericaPoliticalInterestUnitedEffortUnited StatesTeacherEnlightenmentResourcesPoliceStrikesTendenciesExceptionOther CountriesScopeUndesirable Author:George F. Kennan
“All from other lands, who by the terms of [congressional] laws and a compliance with their provisions become naturalized, are adopted citizens of the United States; all other persons born within the Republic, of parents owing allegiance to no other sovereignty, are natural born citizens. Gentleman [sic] can find no exception to this statement touching natural-born citizens except what is said in the Constitution relating to Indians.” PersonsSaidStatesLawParentTermBornNaturalUnitedUnited StatesLandCitizensConstitutionStatementsGentlemanExceptionRepublicTouchingSovereigntyAdoptedProvisionAllegianceOwingCompliance Author:John Bingham