Now he recognized that protection of national interests was the raison d'être of...

Now he recognized that protection of national interests was the raison d'être of all governments, whether born of revolution or not. Expansion of individual liberties had simply been a by-product of the American Revolution because it was essential for uniting the American people and, therefore, in the national interest. Tyranny-indeed, Napoléon-had been the by-product of the French Revolution, because it was essential for maintaining the unity of the French people and, therefore, essential to French national interests. Monroe

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