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Its tendency to produce aggression on the laws and rights of other nations and to endanger the peace of our own is so obvious that I doubt not you will adopt measures for restraining it effectually in future.
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gutenberg.orgThomas Jefferson: “Its tendency to produce aggression on the laws and rights of other nations and to endanger the peace of our own is so…”
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He warns about the dangers of private warfare and urges Congress to take measures to prevent it.
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