With nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will…

Thomas Jefferson
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With nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties. ✨ Thomas Jefferson, Richard Holland Johnston, Thomas Jefferson Memorial Association of the United States The Writings of Thomas Jefferson
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