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In truth, America has, in my opinion, no motive for forming such connection, and very powerful motives for avoiding them.
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Beveridge believes that America has strong reasons to avoid foreign alliances, emphasizing national self-interest.
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The Constitution of Virginia of 1776 was the basis upon which was built one of the most perfect political machines ever constructed; and this machine in later years came to be Marshall's great antagonist.
The passions of men stimulate them to avail themselves of the weakness of others.
The existing American system was a very masterpiece of weakness.
The Virginians, on their part, found the giving of new notes a convenient way of canceling old obligations and thus piled up mountains of debt which they found hard to remove.
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