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[ War against the Barbary states ] will procure us respect in Europe , and respect is a safe - guard to interest . " * Jefferson , responding to Adams's letter , favored the employment of force through a small navy as the only permanent ...
[ War against the Barbary states ] will procure us respect in Europe , and respect is a safe - guard to interest . " * Jefferson , responding to Adams's letter , favored the employment of force through a small navy as the only permanent ...
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The practice of this government , from its beginning , is a guarantee to all nations of the respect of the American people for the free sovereignty of the people in every other state . We received the instruction from Washington .
The practice of this government , from its beginning , is a guarantee to all nations of the respect of the American people for the free sovereignty of the people in every other state . We received the instruction from Washington .
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With great respect I say it is no government . Its decrees are no decrees . Its laws are no laws . Its official agents are the creatures , in common parlance , of nobody . We cannot shut our eyes to this fact .
With great respect I say it is no government . Its decrees are no decrees . Its laws are no laws . Its official agents are the creatures , in common parlance , of nobody . We cannot shut our eyes to this fact .
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