"Commerce with all nations, alliance with none,..." - Quote by Thomas Jefferson
Commerce with all nations, alliance with none, should be our motto.
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“The benefit of even limited monopolies is too doubtful, to be opposed to that of their general suppression.”
“Of all the errors which can possibly be committed to the education of youth, that of sending them to Europe is the most fatal. I see [clearly] that no American should come to Europe under 30 years of age.”
“I am tired of a life of contention, and of being the personal object for the hatred of every man, who hates the present state of things.”
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“If we remain one people, under an efficient government, the period is not far off when we may defy material injury from external annoyance; when we may take such an attitude as will cause the neutrality we may at any time resolve upon to be scrupulously respected; when belligerent nations, under the impossibility of making acquisitions upon us, will not lightly hazard the giving us provocation; when we may choose peace or war, as our interest, guided by justice, shall counsel.”
“What is certainly true is that the United States has to have a presence to promote the values that we care about.”
“I'm proud of the fact that I stood up early and unequivocally in opposition to Bush's foreign policy. [...] That opposition hasn't changed.”
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“The selfish spirit of commerce, which knows no country, and feels no passion or principle but that of gain.”
“Gratitude is like credit; it is the backbone of our relations; frequently we pay our debts not because equity demands that we should, but to facilitate future loans.”
“The Businessman is one who supplies something great and good to the world, and collects from the world for the goods.”