We have nothing in our history or position to invite aggression; we have everything to beckon us to the cultivation of relations of peace and amity with all nations.

So far as it depends on the course of this government, our relations of good will and friendship will be sedulously cultivated with all nations.

Peace, commerce and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.

We remain at peace with all nations, and no efforts on my part consistent with the preservation of our rights and the honor of the country shall be spared to maintain a position so consonant to our institutions.

Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.

Wars of aggression are popular nowadays with those nations convinced that only victory and conquest could improve their material well-being.