Preparation For War Is A Constant Stimulus

The Earth Was Given To Mankind To Support The Greatest Number Of Which It Is Capable, And No Tribe Or People Have A Right To Withhold From The Wants Of Others More Than Is Necessary For Their Own Support And Comfort.

The American Continents, By The Free And Independent Condition By Which They Have Assumed And Maintained, Are Henceforth Not To Be Considered As Subjects For Future Colonization By Any European Powers.

At No Period Of Our Political Existence Had We So Much Cause To Felicitate Ourselves At The Prosperous And Happy Condition Of Our Country.

Preparation For War Is A Constant Stimulus To Suspicion And Ill Will.

The Right Of Self-defense Never Ceases. It Is Among The Most Sacred, And Alike Necessary To Nations And To Individuals.