In every war of the United States since the Civil War the South was more belligerent than the rest of the country.

Thus, to cite but one example, the Pax Britannica of the nineteenth century, whether with the British navy ruling the seas or with the City of London ruling world finance, was strictly national in motivation, however much other nations ( e.g., the United States ) may have incidentally benefited.

National responsibility for individual welfare is a concept not limited to the United States or even to the Western nations.

( Since the time-span of the nation-state coincides roughly with the separate existence of the United States as an independent entity, it is perhaps natural for Americans to think of the nation as representative of the highest form of order, something permanent and unchanging.

In recent weeks, as a result of a sweeping defense policy reappraisal by the Kennedy Administration, basic United States strategy has been modified -- and large new sums allocated -- to meet the accidental-war danger and to reduce it as quickly as possible.

Its radar screens would register Soviet missiles shortly after they are launched against the United States.

In 1938, at the insistence of Arturo Toscanini, Steinberg left Germany for the United States, by way of Switzerland.

After he had spent the first three years in New York as associate conductor, at Toscanini's invitation, of the NBC Orchestra, he made numerous guest appearances throughout the United States and Latin America.

`` Then I return to the United States for engagements at the Hollywood Bowl and in Philadelphia '', he added.

The difference came down to this: The Southern States insisted that the United States was, in last analysis, what its name implied -- a Union of States.

`` we the People of the United States, in order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common Defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America ''.

The 140,414 Americans who gave `` the last full measure of devotion '' to prevent disunion, preserved individual freedom in the United States from the dangers of anarchy, inherent in confederations, which throughout history have proved fatal in the end to all associations composed primarily of sovereign states, and to the liberties of their people.

There one finds concentrated in a comparatively small area the chief universities, colleges, and preparatory schools of the United States.

The rise of the giant corporations in Western Europe and the United States dates from the period 1880-1900.

He says: `` beside the Protestant philosophy of Progress, as expressed in radical or conservative millenarianism, should be placed the doctrine of the democratic faith which affirmed it to be the duty of the destiny of the United States to assist in the creation of a better world by keeping lighted the beacon of democracy ''.

During the next five years liberal leaders in the United States sank in the cumulative confusion attendant upon and manifested in a negative policy of Containment -- and the bitterest irony -- enforced and enforceable only by threat of a weapon that we felt the greatest distaste for but could not abandon: the atom bomb.

And here again we hear the same refrain mentioned above: `` the paramount goal of the United States set long ago was to guard the rights of the individual, ensure his development, enlarge his opportunity ''.

`` I arrived in the United States with the idea of establishing myself there more or less permanently and finding inspiration for new compositions ''.

This is the good kind of sophistication, and with all our problems and crises this kind of sophistication has flowered in the United States during recent years.

but Wright stayed in the United States.

Not only is Mr. Frelinghuysen a member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, but he is the grandson of the man who was instrumental in opening relations between the United States and Korea, Frederick T. Frelinghuysen, Secretary of State in the administration of Chester A. Arthur.

He is hailed as the “ Father of the Constitution ” for being instrumental in the drafting of the United States Constitution and as the key champion and author of the United States Bill of Rights.

On returning to the United States later that year, ever the musical entrepreneur, Davis ( at Jackie DeShannon's urging ) was instrumental in getting The Byrds signed to Columbia Records.

The founding fathers of American polo were instrumental in establishing and nurturing the sport of polo in the United States.

Baptist pastor William Bell Riley, the founder and president of the World Christian Fundamentals Association, was instrumental in calling lawyer and three-time Democratic presidential nominee, former United States Secretary of State, and lifelong Presbyterian William Jennings Bryan to act as that organization's counsel.

Virginians were instrumental in writing the United States Constitution.

Indeed, as Justice Brennan observes, the United States played an instrumental role in the criminal prosecution of Nazi officials who experimented with human subjects during the Second World War, and the standards that the Nuremberg Military Tribunals developed to judge the behavior of the defendants stated that the ' voluntary consent of the human subject is absolutely essential ... to satisfy moral, ethical, and legal concepts.

During the American Revolution, Philadelphia played an instrumental role as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787.

After " Skinny Minnie " hit the charts in 1958, Haley found it difficult to score further successes in the United States, although a spin-off group made up of Comets musicians dubbed The Kingsmen ( no relation to the later group of " Louie, Louie " fame ) did score a hit with the instrumental, " Weekend " that same year.

Bari was instrumental in this process of calling in demonstrators from college campuses across the United States Reactions to her lobbying tactics were severe, including a purported ramming of her car by a logging truck in 1989, as well as death threats.

SIFF was instrumental in the entry of Dutch films into the United States market, including the first major American success for director Paul Verhoeven.

“ I thank heaven I have been instrumental in adding to the ranks of temperance over 600, 000 in the United States ,” he wrote.

Jeffersonville was the birthplace of Grayson L. Kirk who was president of Columbia University, advisor to the State Department, and instrumental in the formation of the United Nations.

* Grayson L. Kirk-president of Columbia University, advisor to the State Department, and instrumental in the formation of the United Nations ; was briefly principal of New Paris High School

* William T. Kerr, one of the people instrumental in the creation of Flag Day, which is celebrated every June 14 in the United States.

He was also instrumental in resisting the efforts of the United States to remove the Chippewa and in securing permanent reservations for his people near Lake Superior.

Some critics, such as Edwin Black, claim that Sloan was also instrumental in the demise of public city transport streetcar throughout the United States GM was found guilty of violating anti-trust laws, but the penalties imposed were nugatory, even for the time: a $ 5, 000 fine for the company and $ 1 fines for each convicted executive.

He was, along with his associate Meyer Lansky, instrumental in the development of the National Crime Syndicate in the United States.

Meyer Lansky ( born Meyer Suchowljansky ; July 4, 1902 – January 15, 1983 ), known as the " Mob's Accountant ," was a Russian-born American organized crime figure who, along with his associate Charles " Lucky " Luciano, was instrumental in the development of the " National Crime Syndicate " in the United States.

In his role of Foreign Secretary he was instrumental in negotiating what has become known as the quadruple alliance between the United Kingdom, Austria, Russia, and Prussia at Chaumont in March 1814, in the negotiation of the Treaty of Paris that brought peace with France, and at the Congress of Vienna.

* Galway United F. C., by whom Nick Leeson, instrumental in Barings ' collapse, is now employed.

By 1948, the Federation had grown to comprise of twenty local associations, with 2, 500 members, and had been instrumental in the passage of the McMahon Act and the National Science Foundation, and had influenced the American position in the United Nations with regard to international control of atomic energy and disarmament.

(" Billy ") Bishop was instrumental in setting up a clandestine recruiting organization in the United States.