"I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis."
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"There is every reason to believe that our system will soon attain the highest degree of perfection of which human institutions are capable."
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"Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will."
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"The movements of a great nation are connected in all their parts. If errors have been committed they ought to be corrected; if the policy is sound it ought to be supported."
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"Our relations with the other powers of Europe have experienced no essential change since the last session."
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"I enter on the trust to which I have been called by the suffrages of my fellow-citizens with my fervent prayers to the Almighty that He will be graciously pleased to continue to us that protection which He has already so conspicuously displayed in our favor."
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"In wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do"
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"The citizens of the United States cherish sentiments the most friendly in favor of liberty and happiness...beyond the Atlantic. In the wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy to do so. It is only when our rights are invaded or seriously menaced that we resent injuries."
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"The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination."
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