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This country and this people seem to have been made for each other, and it appears as if it was the design of Providence, that an inheritance so proper and convenient for a band of brethren, united to each other by the strongest ties, should never be split into a number of unsocial, jealous, and alien sovereignties.

— John Jay Federalist No. 2 (1787)

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Slaves, though held by the laws of men, are free by the laws of God.

Every man of every color and description has a natural right to freedom.

No power on earth has a right to take our property from us without our consent.

Real Christians will abstain from violating the rights of others, and therefore will not provoke war.

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It certainly is very desirable that a pacific disposition should prevail among all nations.

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