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Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

~Thomas Jefferson

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If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.

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Peace and abstinence from European interferences are our objects, and so will continue while the present order of things in America remain uninterrupted.

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We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

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I have seen enough of one war never to wish to see another.

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Wisdom I know is social. She seeks her fellows. But Beauty is jealous, and illy bears the presence of a rival.

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I find that he is happiest of whom the world says least, good or bad.

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One loves to possess arms, though they hope never to have occasion for them.

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I have done for my country, and for all mankind, all that I could do, and I now resign my soul, without fear, to my God - my daughter to my country.

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It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: April 13th, 1743

Died: July 4th, 1826

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