How we cite our quotes: (Sentence)
Quote #4
Our policy in regard to Europe, which was adopted at an early stage of the wars which have so long agitated that quarter of the globe, nevertheless remains the same, which is, not to interfere in the internal concerns of any of its powers; to consider the government de facto as the legitimate government for us; to cultivate friendly relations with it, and to preserve those relations by a frank, firm, and manly policy, meeting in all instances the just claims of every power...But in regard to those continents circumstances are eminently and conspicuously different. (21-22)
Monroe brings up the decades of conflict in Europe to show the difference between the regions. America has remained united and diplomatically dealt with the chaos of European governmental upheaval. The U.S. managed to maintain their "frank, firm, and manly policy" towards the various rotations in leadership across the Atlantic. What do you think Monroe is trying to say about America versus Europe?
Quote #5
It is impossible that the allied powers should extend their political system to any portion of either continent without endangering our peace and happiness; nor can anyone believe that our southern brethren, if left to themselves, would adopt it of their own accord […] It is still the true policy of the United States to leave the parties to themselves, in hope that other powers will pursue the same course…(23, 26)
Maybe Europe is all about the monarchy, but over in the Americas that's not going to fly. No one would choose absolutism. Like communism in the 20th century, absolutism supposedly presents a threat to the way of life in the New World. Looking at the world in the 1820s, how real would that threat be?