What was the monroe doctrine? a) a statement of the united states foreign policy regarding protecting independent nations from european invasion b) monroe's policy of not allowing congress to be involved in decisons regarding foreign affairs c) a statement that established the second national bank d) a speech monroe gave to encourage americans to vote for him

“well,” he says, “there’s excuse for picks and letting-on, in a case like this; if it warn’t so, i wouldn’t approve of it, nor i wouldn’t stand by and see the rules broke—because right is right, and wrong is wrong, and a body ain’t got no business doing wrong when he ain’t ignorant and knows better. it might answer for you to dig jim out with a pick, without any letting-on, because you don’t know no better; but it wouldn’t for me, because i do know better.” the meaning in this excerpt is