They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in th…

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They are nations of eternal war. All their energies are expended in the destruction of the labor, property, and lives of their people. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (1861). Correspondence. Reports and opinions while secretarry of state, p.288
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