With foreign officials come foreign merchants, and with foreign merchants come foreign soldiers. They will usurp our authority and influence to begin with, and in the course of time, our guests will have become our hosts.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
This is the devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
This is the very devilish thing about foreign affairs: they are foreign and will not always conform to our whim.
Now there is a cultural change under way in the Foreign Service.
The military can buy our diplomats some time.
I believe mutual respect for one another and cooperation should be the basis for relationships with foreign nations.
Every person is also a citizen of some country. In their country, they have rights and responsibilities. In every other country, they are a guest.
You can either invade a country or leave them alone and trade with them. When goods cross borders, armies don't.
Peace and commerce with foreign nations could be more effectually and cheaply cultivated by a common agent; therefore they gave the Federal Government the sole management of our relations with foreign governments.
What is more important is that Foreign Service Officers understand business, about the needs of U.S. business and how to help U.S. companies make the right connections abroad.
When goods do not cross borders, soldiers will.