It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of eve…

Thomas Jefferson
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It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786, p.99, Cosimo, Inc.
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It should be our endeavor to cultivate the peace and friendship of every nation, even of that which has injured us most. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Notes on Virginia II, Correspondence 1782-1786, p.99, Cosimo, Inc.

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