...free government and emancipate a continent at one stroke which might otherwise linger longer in doubt and difficulty. Great Britain is the nation which...her on our side we need not fear the whole world." That statement of Jefferson is as true now as it was then, and it is equally true that the friendship...

...President Monroe. "Great Britain," wrote Jefferson, "is the nation which can do us the most harm of anyone or all on earth; and with her on our side we need not fear the whole world. ... If we can effect a division in the body of the European powers, and draw over to our side its most...

...therefore, that on October 24, 1823, Thomas Jefferson wrote to President Monroe that, with Great Britain '' on our side, we need not fear the whole world. With her," he urged. " we should the most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship; and nothing could tend more...

...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...

...Moreton Frewen in a letter to The Times gives the text of 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 not fear the whole world. With her, then,...

...on British sea power for its security, yet his insistence that no price be paid for this dependence. "Great 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...

...momentous question that has arisen" since the founding of the American republic. According to Jefferson, "Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most...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...

...and apart from that of Europe. Jefferson was flattered, especially since "Great Britain is the one nation which can do us the most harm of any one, or...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...

...Kontinentaleuropas zu England, das der heiligen Allianz nicht beigetreten war. 41 Jefferson schrieb: Great Britain is the nation which can do us the most...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...

...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...