The angry quarrels of Europe. the division among its peoples. the neverending Balkan jealousies. the diplomatic game to make and keep balances of power. represented to the United States a quarrelsome. dangerous. illbred family that we did not want to join. We were asking to be children just a little while longer. We expressed this wish in isolationism. in irritability.. in the high tariff. in the immigration law of 1917. and in uncurbed credits and real estate booms. It takes a iong time to grow up." These words are as fresh and appropriate today as when they were first uttered.
Identified stereotypes
Europeans are quarrelsome, dangerous, and illbred.