USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Farewell Address to the People of the United States-Monday, September 19, 1796 · George Washington’s Mount Vernon. “It is our true policy to steer clear of permanent alliance with any portion of the foreign world."

Detailed explanation-2: -In the area of foreign affairs, Washington called for America “to steer clear of permanent alliances with any portion of the foreign world.” Although the ideas expressed were Washington’s, Alexander Hamilton wrote a large part of the address.

Detailed explanation-3: -Frustrated by French meddling in U.S. politics, Washington warned the nation to avoid permanent alliances with foreign nations and to rely instead on temporary alliances for emergencies.

Detailed explanation-4: -’Tis our true policy to steer clear of permanent Alliances, with any portion of the foreign world-So far, I mean, as we are now at liberty to do it-for let me not be understood as capable of patronising infidility to existing engagements.

Detailed explanation-5: -A phrase President Thomas Jefferson used in his first inaugural address in 1801, calling for a cautious, isolationist foreign policy. (See isolationism.)