| The Columbia World of Quotations. 1996. |
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| NUMBER: | 30746 |
| QUOTATION: | I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely distinct from ours. Their mutual jealousies, their balance of power, their complicated alliances, their forms and principles of government, are all foreign to us. They are nations of eternal war. |
| ATTRIBUTION: | Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), U.S. president. Letter, June 11, 1823, to President James Monroe.
Six months before the formulation of U.S. foreign policy in the Monroe Doctrine. |
| BIOGRAPHY: | Columbia Encyclopedia. |
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| | | The Columbia World of Quotations. Copyright © 1996 Columbia University Press. |
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