现在,他认识到,无论是否出生于革命,对国家利益的保护都是所有政府的理由。个人自由的扩大只是美国革命的副产品,因为这对于团结美国人民以及为了国家利益至关重要。禁忌,那不勒斯 - 哈德(Napoléon-Had)是法国大革命的副产品,因为它对于维持法国人民的统一至关重要,因此对于法国国家利益至关重要。门罗
(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)