In all disputes between conflicting governments, it is our interest not less than our duty to remain strictly neutral.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Even to observe neutrality you must have a strong government.
People who demand neutrality in any situation are usually not neutral but in favor of the status quo.
The Chancellor also in effect asks us to bargain away whatever obligation or interest we have as regards the neutrality of Belgium. We could not entertain that bargain either.
It is our duty to watch over the actions and activities of this government and to insist that, in words as well as in deeds, the interests of our constituency primarily and of the Nation ultimately are served.
We pay a price when special interests win out over the collective national interest.
If I, taking care of everyone's interests, also take care of my own, you can't talk about a conflict of interest.
My interest in foreign policy is above the average voter's interest. That doesn't mean we shouldn't talk about it.
Transferring our sovereignty and decisionmaking power to the WTO, to the United Nations, or any other international body is not in the long-term interests of our people.
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.
In wartime we identify ourselves with the nation, and its interests are the interests of our primal selves.