""Wherever the standard of freedom and Independence has been or shall be unfurled, there will [America's] heart, her benedictions and her prayers be," Adams told Congress. "But she goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy." Even where the United States might object to a foreign leader, Adams argued that the country must lead by example and with diplomacy, so that the fundamental maxims of US foreign policy would not change insensibly from liberty to force:"
"Trump, acting very much as a European king of old, attacked Venezuela as this edition of The Nation went to press. His move represents a brazen violation of international law that destabilizes global security and seizes Congress's exclusive authority to declare war. Military force is justified only in response to a clear, credible, and imminent threat to the security of the US or its treaty allies."
John Quincy Adams in 1821 rejected military interventions for regime change and economic conquest, stating that the nation 'goes not abroad, in search of monsters to destroy.' Adams said the United States must lead by example and use diplomacy so that foreign policy does not change 'insensibly from liberty to force.' He warned that enlisting under other banners would involve the nation in wars of interest, avarice, envy, and ambition. Sending U.S. troops to Venezuela to remove Nicolás Maduro and 'run' Venezuela with U.S. oil companies violates international law, seizes Congress's war-declaration authority, and destabilizes global security. Military force is justified only in response to a clear, credible, and imminent threat to U.S. security or treaty allies.
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