We believe no more in Bonaparte's fighting merely for the liberties of…

Thomas Jefferson
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We believe no more in Bonaparte's fighting merely for the liberties of the seas than in Great Britain's fighting for the liberties of mankind. The object is the same, to draw to themselves the power, the wealth and the resources of other nations. ✨ Thomas Jefferson (2010). The Works of Thomas Jefferson: Correspondence and Papers, 1808-1816, p.241, Cosimo, Inc.
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