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Discussions abound today about the state of the union, its place in the world, and the founding fathers’ intentions. Did they want the United States to become a republic or an empire? Thomas Jefferson, after all, called the young nation an “empire for liberty.” Later words through two centuries all evoked empire: “manifest destiny” in the 1840s, “benevolent assimilation” in 1898, and “our responsibility to lead” in 2002. Indeed, since Jefferson’s day, Americans have proudly proclaimed liberty an
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- Author
- Walter T. K. Nugent
- Publisher
- ALFRED A.KNOPE NEW YORK 2008
- Published
- 2013
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781400042920
- Category
- history
- Subjects
- History, Law, Political Science
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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