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6520. PEACE, A principle of government.—

Peace, commerce and honest friendship
with all nations, entangling alliances
with none, * * * I deem [one of the] essential principles of our government and,
consequently, [one] which ought to shape its
administration.—
First Inaugural Address. Washington ed. viii, 4. Ford ed., viii, 4.
(1801)