| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 37376 |
| QUOTATION: | Nor is any evidence to be found, either in History or Human Nature, that nations are to be bribed out of a spirit of encroachment and aggression, by humiliations which nourish their pride, or by concessions that extend their resources and power. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | James Madison (1751–1836), U.S. president. Petition to the Virginia Assembly, September 1795. W.T. Hutchinson et al., The Papers of James Madison, vol. 16, p. 76, Chicago and Charlottesville, Virginia (1962-1991). |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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