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The great interests of an agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing nation are so linked in union together that no permanent cause of prosperity to one of them can operate without extending its influence to the others.
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John Quincy Adams
Democratic Republican · Massachusetts

Editor's note · Context

He articulates the interconnectedness of agricultural, commercial, and manufacturing interests in the economy.

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