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Andrew Jackson: “The Government of the United States is ever anxious to cultivate peace and friendship with all nations; but it proceeds…”

On the recordJanuary 17, 1837
The Government of the United States is ever anxious to cultivate peace and friendship with all nations; but it proceeds on the principle that all nations have the right to alter, amend, or change their own government as the sovereign power--the people--may direct.
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Andrew Jackson
Democratic · Tennessee

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