The best that probably could be done for a people inhabiting such a country would be to fortify their peace and security in the prosecution of their various pursuits by guarding them against invasion from without and violence from within.
John Tyler: “The best that probably could be done for a people inhabiting such a country would be to fortify their peace and security…”
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Tyler advocates for protecting citizens' peace and security against external and internal threats.
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