Andrew Jackson: “When our discussions terminate in acts, our responsibility to foreign…”

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When our discussions terminate in acts, our responsibility to foreign powers commences, not as individuals, but as a nation.

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Jackson states that the nation's responsibility to foreign powers begins once discussions lead to actions.

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