Yet she has made only a circumspect use of her freedom.
British liberalism was forged almost exclusively for the British people, and the British peace for colonial subjects.

Great Britain could have afforded better than France to tie its national life to an over-national idea, but the only idea in which Britons have really believed was that of British security, prosperity, and power.

In the case of our own country the advantages possessed by England have been amplified and extended.

The United States was divided from the mainland of Europe not by a channel but by an ocean.

Its dimensions were continental rather than insular.