From the always interesting Imaginative Conservative comes
this quote from the American senator and one-time conservative lion, Robert Taft of Ohio:
I do not believe it is a selfish goal for us to insist that the overriding purpose of all American foreign policy should be the maintenance of the liberty and peace of our people in the United States, so that they may achieve that intellectual and material improvement which is their genius and in which they can set an example for all peoples. By that example we do an even greater service to mankind that we can do by billions of material assistance--and more than we can ever do by war.
Amen to that, Senator Taft. Amen to that.
2 comments:
Taft's statement fits the original intent of our Founders esp Washington - to stay our of foreign affairs unless the citizens of the US (or the US herself) are directly threatened..Oh that we could get back to that ...
Carol-CS
Indeed. And it would be a wonderful thing if we could return to the prudent foreign policy of Washington & Adams. Entangling alliances abroad and a Wilsonian drive to reform other societies is a bad mix for the United States. We just don't have Empire in our DNA. Our DNA is for liberty at home and peace abroad. That's what we need to work toward. The wisdom of our Founding.
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