The Federalist Papers · Federalist No. 6 · paragraph 17

The wars of these two last-mentioned nations have in a great measure grown out of commercial considerations;—the desire of supplanting and the fear of being supplanted either in particular branches of traffic, or in the general advantages of trade and navigation; and sometimes even the more culpable desire of sharing in the commerce of other nations, without their consent.

Publius · Alexander Hamilton, John Jay, James Madison · 1787–1788
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