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Andrew Jackson: “If by a collision with France in a case where she is clearly in the wrong the march of liberal principles shall be…”

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If by a collision with France in a case where she is clearly in the wrong the march of liberal principles shall be impeded, the responsibility for that result as well as every other will rest on her own head.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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Jackson places the responsibility for any impediment to liberal principles on France if conflict arises.

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