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A strict adherence to this policy has kept us aloof from the perplexing questions that now agitate the European world and have more than once deluged those countries with blood.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

Editor's note · Context

Jackson advocates for a policy of neutrality to avoid entanglement in European conflicts.

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