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Quotation from The Monroe Doctrine by James Monroe
“We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety.”
The Monroe Doctrine, Closing foreign-affairs passage (Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents, via The American Presidency Project)
The central warning to the allied powers of Europe.
Citation: "We owe it, therefore, to candor and to the amicable relations existing between the United States and those powers to declare that we should consider any attempt on their part to extend their system to any portion of this hemisphere as dangerous to our peace and safety." — James Monroe, The Monroe Doctrine, Closing foreign-affairs passage (Richardson, Messages and Papers of the Presidents, via The American Presidency Project). (id monroe-doctrine-q4)
Portrait: Uncle Sam Straddles the Americas Cartoon, Louis Dalrymple, Public domain.
