John Jay Quotes
It certainly is very desirable that a pacific disposition should prevail among all nations.
John Jay, 1745-1829, President of the Continental Congress, Governor of New York (Federalist), U.S. Foreign Secretary, First Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme Court, Letter to John Murray, October 12, 1816
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MacArthur wanted to widen the Korean war and use nuclear weapons against Communist China, after erroneously assuring Truman and other American leaders that his tactics in North Korea would not cause Chinese troops to enter the war. MacArthur would not obey the orders of the civilian government and was thus fired.
Actually drafted by Secretary of State, John Foster Dulles
John Jay was an American statesman, patriot, diplomat, Founding Father, abolitionist, negotiator, and signatory of the Treaty of Paris of 1783. He served as the second Governor of New York and the first Chief Justice of the United States (1789–1795). He directed U.S. foreign policy for much of the 1780s and was an important leader of the Federalist Party after the ratification of the United States Constitution in 1788.
