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Quotation from Second Inaugural Address by James Madison
“On the issue of the war are staked our national sovereignty on the high seas and the security of an important class of citizens whose occupations give the proper value to those of every other class”
Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address (Project Gutenberg #4938)
The sentence naming the two stakes of the war: sovereignty at sea and the protection of seamen.
Citation: "On the issue of the war are staked our national sovereignty on the high seas and the security of an important class of citizens whose occupations give the proper value to those of every other class" — James Madison, Second Inaugural Address, Inaugural address (Project Gutenberg #4938). (id madison-second-inaugural-address-q5)
