While avoiding entangling alliances. it has aimed to cultivate friendly relations with other nations. and especially with our neighbors on the American Continent. whose destiny is closely linked with our own. and we view with alarm the tendency to a policy of irritation and bluster which Is liable at any time to confront us with the alternative of humiliation or war. We favor the maintenance of a navy strong enough for all purposes of national defense and to properly maintain the honor and dignity of the country abroad. In addition to this comprehensive policy this platform gave expression to the question of " reciprocity." " sympathy for the oppressed in foreign lands." "immigration." " waterways." and "Nicaraguan canal." In the platform of 1896. upon which W. J. Bryan was first nominated for the Presidency. we find the following declaration: The Monroe doctrine. as originally declared and as interpreted by succeeding Presidents. is a permanent part of the foreign policy of the United States and must at all times be maintained.
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