... address by "Sometimes it is said that man cannot be trusted with the government of himself. Can he, then, be trusted with the government of others? Or have we found angels in the forms of kings to govern him? Let history answer this question." Although recognized as an intellectual and scholar, Jefferson was also undoubtedly the first president to become the leader ... the embargo, prohibited all trade with the nation's principal trading partners, Great Britain and France, until they recognized the maritime rights of neutrals. James Madison, who succeeded Thomas Jefferson in the presiden...

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