G. Edward Griffin - The Fearful Master - PDF Archive

As for peace in the world, until all nations follow the concept of limited Government, it is
unlikely that universal peace will ever be attained. Unlimited, power-grasping governments
will always resort to force if they think they can get away with it. But there is no doubt that
there can be peace for America. As long as we maintain our military preparedness, the
world's petty despots will leave us alone. 7
To make sure that we do not get caught up in the middle of the endless squabbles
between the countries of Europe, Asia and Africa, we must put an end to the insane
practice of trying to entwine our economic and political affairs with those of the rest of the
world.
Let us, then, move the clock forward to that point where we were when this great nation
was infused with the only really new political concept the world has seen in thousands of
years. Let us throw off these Old World ideas and heed the sage advice of that true
"modernist," George Washington, who told his countrymen:
Observe good faith and justice toward all nations. Cultivate peace and
harmony with all. Religion and morality enjoin this conduct. And can it
be that good policy does not equally enjoin it? . . . Against the insidious
wiles of foreign influence-- I conjure you to believe me, fellow citizens--
the jealousy of a free people ought to be constantly awake; since history
and experience prove that foreign influence is one of the most baneful
foes of republican government. . . . If we remain one people, under an
efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material
injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as
will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be
scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the
impossibility of making acquisitions on us, will not likely hazard giving us
provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided
by justice, shall council. Why forego the advantages of so peculiar a
situation? Why, by interweaving our destiny with that of any part of
Europe, entangle our peace and prosperity in the toils of European
ambition, rivalship, interest, humor or caprice?
The next time you hear someone speak lightly about sovereignty or national
independence, remember that this was the one single accomplishment of the American
Revolution. Our present involvement in the United Nations has put us right back where the
shooting began in 1775.
The Declaration of Independence states:
When in the course of human events, it becomes necessary for one
people to dissolve the political bonds which have connected them with
another, and to assume among the powers of the earth the separate
and equal station to which the laws of nature and nature's God entitles
them, a decent respect to the opinions of mankind requires that they
should declare the causes which impel them to the separation. . . .
It then lists the causes. It is stunning that this bill of grievances and complaints can be
justly applied to the present encroaching tyranny of the United Nations and, to some
extent, our own expanding Federal Government. It speaks of a "multitude of new offices"
and "swarms of officers to harass our people and eat out their substance" (taxes); it