The danger has always been for the weak, dismembered nation.

Think you a moment, has the enfeebled scattered British Empire overseas no undefended territories that are a temptation to her neighbours?
Has Japan nothing to glean where we have harvested?
Are there no North American possessions which might slip into other keeping?
Has Russia herself no traditional temptations beyond the Oxus?
Mind you, we are not making the mistake Napoleon made, when he forced all Europe to be for him or against him.

We threaten no world aggressions, we are satiated where he was insatiable.

We have cast down one overshadowing Power from the face of the world, because it stood in our way, but we have made no attempt to spread our branches over all the space that it covered.

We have not tried to set up a tributary Canadian republic or to partition South Africa; we have dreamed no dream of making ourselves Lords of Hindostan.
On the contrary, we have given proof of our friendly intentions towards our neighbours.