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Woodrow Wilson
@woodrowwilson· Democratic · NJ· Jan 4, 1919

I want to reecho the hope that we may all work together for a great peace as distinguished from a mean peace.

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William McKinley
@williammckinley· Republican · OH· Jul 12, 1898

We come not to make war upon the inhabitants of Cuba, nor upon any party or faction among them, but to protect them in their homes, in their employments, and in their personal and religious rights.

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William McKinley
@williammckinley· Republican · OH· Jul 5, 1898

let us pray with earnest fervor that He, the Dispenser of All Good, may speedily remove from us the untold afflictions of war and bring to our dear land the blessings of restored peace

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Rutherford Hayes
@rutherfordhayes· Republican · OH· Feb 28, 1879

There shall be, as there have always been, peace and friendship between the United States of America and the Ta Tsing Empire, and between their people respectively.

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Rutherford Hayes
@rutherfordhayes· Republican · OH· Oct 29, 1878

Peace with all nations has been maintained unbroken, domestic tranquillity has prevailed, and the institutions of liberty and justice which the wisdom and virtue of our fathers established remain the glory and defense of their children.

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Jul 11, 1862

How much better for you and for your people to take the step which at once shortens the war and secures substantial compensation for that which is sure to be wholly lost in any other event!

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Abraham Lincoln
@abrahamlincoln· Republican · IL· Jun 30, 1862

I trust that they may be enrolled without delay, so as to bring this unnecessary and injurious civil war to a speedy and satisfactory conclusion.

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David Tyler
@davidtyler· Whig · VA· Apr 8, 1844

I congratulate the country upon so happy a termination of a condition of things which seemed at one time seriously to threaten the public peace.

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David Tyler
@davidtyler· Whig · VA· Dec 4, 1843

It is by such acts of good will by one to another of the family of nations that fraternal feelings are nourished and the blessings of permanent peace secured.

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David Tyler
@davidtyler· Whig · VA· Dec 5, 1842

Peace with all the world is the true foundation of our policy, which can only be rendered permanent by the practice of equal and impartial justice to all.

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David Tyler
@davidtyler· Whig · VA· Aug 8, 1842

I can not consent to do so at the sacrifice of the peace and harmony of the country and the clearest convictions of public duty.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 2, 1821

A squadron has been maintained, as heretofore, in the Mediterranean, by means whereof peace has been preserved with the Barbary Powers.

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James Monroe
@jamesmonroe· Democratic Republican · VA· Dec 2, 1821

Peace and amity are preserved with all by a strict observance on both sides of the rights of each.

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