There are 3 pitfalls where most men fall: Power, Money, and Women.
The same goes for countries, except for women.

Thomas Jefferson and the Louisiana Purchase
In 1803, Thomas Jefferson nearly doubled the size of the nation with the Louisiana purchase. He didn’t go to Paris with an army, he went with a checkbook. For $15 million, the results were very effective.
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