Neutrality is a negative word. It does not express what America ought to feel. We are not trying to keep out of trouble; we are trying to preserve the foundations on which peace may be rebuilt.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
The American people do not like neutrality. They would rather a man were on the wrong side than on neither.
People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
Neutrality is generally used as a mask to hide unusual bitterness. Sometimes it hides what it is - nothing. It always stands for hollowness of head or bitterness of heart, sometimes for both.
Neutrality is at times a graver sin than belligerence.
The concept of neutrality can lead to a brooding and pervasive devotion to the secular and a passive, or even active, hostility to the religious. Such results are not only not compelled by the Constitution, but, it seems to me, are prohibited by it.
Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness.
In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
To my mind, what we ought to have maintained from the beginning was the strictest neutrality. If we had done this, I do not believe we would have been on the verge of war at the present time.
Switzerland is part of the fight against terrorism. There is no neutrality against this threat.
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