If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.

Conquest is not in our principles; it is inconsistent with our government

If there be one principle more deeply rooted than any other in the mind of every American, it is, that we should have nothing to do with conquest

We did not raise armies for glory or for conquest.

He who knows nothing is closer to the truth than he whose mind is filled with falsehoods and errors.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.