Quote #197

The acquisition of Canada this year, as far as the neighborhood of Quebec, will be a mere matter of marching, and will give us the experience for the attack on Halifax, the next and final expulsion of England from the American continent.

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  3. Enlighten the people generally, and tyranny and oppressions of vanish like evil spirits at the dawn of day.
  4. War is an instrument entirely inefficient toward redressing wrong; and multiplies, instead of indemnifying losses.
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  6. Truth will do well enough if left to shift for herself ... She has no need of force to procure entrance into the minds of men.
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