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"War is not the best engine for us to resort to; nature has given
us one in our commerce, which if properly managed, will be a
better instrument for obliging the interested nations of Europe
to treat us with justice."
-- Thomas Jefferson (letter to Thomas Pickney, 29 May 1797)
Reference: The Writings of Thomas Jefferson, Ford, ed., vol. 8
(293)
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