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“We princes be wary enough of our bargains: think you I will be bound by your speech to make no peace for mine own matters without their consent? It is enough that I injury [injure] not their country nor themselves in making peace for them without their consent.”
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“Mine experience teacheth me to be no fonder of these vain delights than reason would, nor further to delight in things uncertain than may seem convenient. But let good heed be taken lest in reaching too far after future good, you peril not the present . . .”
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Since the United States went to war in Iraq in 2003, the expense of maintaining troops overseas has caused a lot of controversy. Even in Queen Elizabeth’s day, the cost of military campaigns was a major issue:
“Who doth not see that, if this course be continued, the wars are like to spend us and our [...]
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“It becometh therefore all of our rank to deal sincerely; lest if we use it not, when we do it we be hardly believed.”
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“Princes, you know, stand upon stages so that their actions are viewed and beheld of all men; and I am sure my doings will come to the scanning of many fine wits, not only within the realm, but in foreign countries.”
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“I assure you the consideration of my own safety . . . shall be little in comparison of that great regard that I mean to have of the safety and surety of you all.”
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Although this is not a presidential election year, there are nonetheless some fierce campaigns going on as politicians vie for the seats in the Senate and House of Representatives that will be up for grabs this fall. A poll released on Thursday, July 20, showed that multi-term incumbent Democratic Senator Joe Lieberman may be trailing [...]
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Modern-day politicians often gauge their success on their approval ratings–what percentage of the public thinks they are doing a good job. One might think that this obsession with having the approval of the people is a relatively new phenomenon, related to the presence of television and other media that let people know what their government [...]
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“And where you make mention so often of the law of nature and the laws of nations, know you that this is the law of nature and the laws of nations: that when hostility interposeth herself between princes, it is lawful for either party to cease on either’s provisions for war, from whence soever derived, [...]
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[W]e asure you that we shall be found most ready to revoke our forces and to live as we did before these troubles, in full and perfect rest, to the recovery whereof we do heartily require you to be such as mean as may stand with the indifferency of your friendship and with the opinion [...]