Thomas Jefferson actually said...

I know that the acquisition of Louisiana had been disapproved by some from a candid apprehension that the enlargement of our territory would...

We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be ...

War will then be but a suspension of useful works, and a return to a state of peace, a return to the progress of improvement.

What farmer, what mechanic, what laborer ever sees a taxgatherer of the United States?