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We did not think a self-respecting, civilized, responsible Christian Power could.
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Whitelaw Reid
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gutenberg.orgWhitelaw Reid: “We did not think a self-respecting, civilized, responsible Christian Power could.”
Editor's note · Context
Reid expresses a belief about the responsibilities of civilized nations in the context of international relations.
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With her, then, we should most sedulously cherish a cordial friendship, and nothing would tend more to knit our affections than to be fighting once more, side by side, in the same cause.
Is that the feast to be set before the laboring men of this country?
Suppose it to be merely a war in defense of our own just rights and interests.
Isn’t it better to have the laws in some way take the matter out of their hands and make them work?