They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Commerce changes the fate and genius of nations.
Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.
We are determined that our nation shall cease to be a burden on other countries but shall contribute positively to world prosperity, while observing fully the fair trade practices in international commerce.
Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
All the nations they had to deal with, had the same fate.
The love of domination and an uncontrolled lust of arbitrary power have prevailed among all nations and perhaps in proportion to the degrees of civilization.
The fact that the U.S. is superior to all others allows for free commerce to take place.
No nation was ever ruined by trade.
Historically, large-scale global trade has served two functions: 1) the exchange of goods between willing sellers and buyers described in Econ 101 textbooks; 2) as a tool of state aggrandizement, in which the private parties are stand-ins for governmental interests.
Maxims are the condensed good sense of nations.
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