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- Any nation that refuses to hold intercourse with other nations must expect to be excluded from this family.
- The United States have no possessions in the east and do not desire to have any, as other countries do.
- Japan and China are isolated and without intercourse with other countries; hence the President directed me to attend to or watch the state of affairs…
- We were sent to this country by the President, who desires to promote the welfare of Japan, and are quite different from the ambassadors of…
- When the ambassadors of other foreign countries come to Japan to make treaties, they can be told that such and such a treaty has been…
- As the treaty made with the United States was the first treaty entered into by your country with other countries, therefore the President regards Japan…
- The President is of opinion that if Japan makes a treaty with the United States, all other foreign countries will make the same kind of…
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- Power and violence are opposites; where the one rules absolutely, the other is absent. Violence appears where power is in jeopardy, but… — Hannah Arendt
- The most perfect political community is one in which the middle class is in control, and outnumbers both of the other classes. — Aristotle
- Jealousy is both reasonable and belongs to reasonable men, while envy is base and belongs to the base, for the one makes… — Aristotle
- A tyrant must put on the appearance of uncommon devotion to religion. Subjects are less apprehensive of illegal treatment from a ruler… — Aristotle
- In poverty and other misfortunes of life, true friends are a sure refuge. The young they keep out of mischief; to the… — Aristotle
- The greatest virtues are those which are most useful to other persons. — Aristotle
- No one would choose a friendless existence on condition of having all the other things in the world. — Aristotle
- Without friends no one would choose to live, though he had all other goods. — Aristotle
- It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
- Perfect friendship is the friendship of men who are good, and alike in excellence; for these wish well alike to each other… — Aristotle
- Three groups spend other people's money: children, thieves, politicians. All three need supervision. — Dick Armey
- Children are supposed to help hold a marriage together. They do this in a number of ways. For instance, they demand so… — Richard Armour