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Quotation from First Inaugural Address by James Madison
“to prefer in all cases amicable discussion and reasonable accommodation of differences to a decision of them by an appeal to arms”
First Inaugural Address, Fifth paragraph, creed of principles (Project Gutenberg #4938)
One clause of Madison's long statement of principles, stating the preference for negotiation that governed his first years in office.
Citation: "to prefer in all cases amicable discussion and reasonable accommodation of differences to a decision of them by an appeal to arms" — James Madison, First Inaugural Address, Fifth paragraph, creed of principles (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id madison-first-inaugural-address-q5)
