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Better to lose two by seizure than the destruction of all by embargo.
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This quote emphasizes the pragmatic approach to trade and loss during the embargo period.
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The act and the veto amounted to an appeal to the people, and in an instant the country was on fire.
His lightest word, sent thrilling to the rim of a vast audience, swayed it with the magic of control.
Thoughtful men who reverenced the safeguard known to civil judicial proceedings were appalled.
He used to get angry with men simply because they voted against him on questions in which he took an interest.
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