The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and dow…

Dave Barry
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The United States tried, by depressing the clutch of diplomacy and downshifting the gearshift lever of rhetoric, to remain neutral, but it became increasingly obvious that the nation was going to get into a war, especially since it was almost 1812. ✨ Dave Barry (2010). Dave Barry Slept Here: A Sort of History of the United States, p.60, Ballantine Books
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