Some quotes from the louisiana purchase?
So I'm writing an essay about the Louisiana purchase and I'm almost finished with it butI realized I haven't used any in-text citations. and I started to look for quotes about the louisiana purchase and lewis and clarks expedition but I haven't had any luck. Could you give me some quotes or good things i could maybe pit in my essay along with the in-text citation? or you can just send me some good links. thanks :) and I'll give 10 points to whoever helps
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"It is the case of a guardian, investing the money of his ward in purchasing an important adjacent territory; and saying to him when of age, I did this for your own good."
- Thomas Jefferson, rationalizing his unconstitutional authorization of the Louisiana Purchase22
"An integral part of the economic life of the age, the greatest colony in the world, the pride of France, and the envy of every imperialist nation."
- Historian C.L.R. James, describing Saint-Domingue on the eve of the Haitian Revolution23
"These are the vilest miscreants of the savage race, and must ever remain the pirates of the Missouri, until such measures are pursued, by our government, as will make them feel a dependence on it..."24
- Captain William Lewis, on the Teton Sioux
"Ocean in view! O! the joy!"
- Captain William Clark, upon reaching the Pacific25
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And lastly “Although most Americans believed in Manifest Destiny, few could agree on exactly which lands the United States was supposed to govern.”
― Charles W. Carey Jr.
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Louisiana Purchase Quotes
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I always start a paper with a quote, then a strong thesis on what I'm going to talk about. I recommend a sub topic because it makes the paper stronger and it limits your paper to your subtopics.