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It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.
James Monroe
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James Monroe
Age: 73 †
Born: 1758
Born: April 28
Died: 1831
Died: July 4
5Th U.S. President
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Before any man can be considered as a member of civil society, he must be considered as a subject of the Governor of the Universe. And to the same Divine Author of every good and perfect gift we are indebted for all those privileges and advantages, religious as well as civil, which are so richly enjoyed in this favored land.
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In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!
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I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.
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In wars of the European powers in matters relating to themselves we have never taken any part, nor does it comport with our policy so to do
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The movements of a great nation are connected in all their parts. If errors have been committed they ought to be corrected if the policy is sound it ought to be supported.
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We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.
James Monroe
While we assert for ourselves a freedom to embrace, to profess, and to observe, the Religion which we believe to be of divine origin, we cannot deny an equal freedom to them whose minds have not yielded to the evidence which has convinced us.
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If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy.
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[In a republic,] it is not the people themselves who make the decisions, but the people they themselves choose to stand in their places.
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By the last returns to the Department of War the militia force of the several States may be estimated at 800,000 men - infantry, artillery, and cavalry.
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A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.
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The payments which have been made into the Treasury show the very productive state of the public revenue.
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There is a price tag on human liberty. That price is the willingness to assume the responsibilities of being free men. Payment of this price is a personal matter with each of us.
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The Executive is charged officially in the Departments under it with the disbursement of the public money, and is responsible for the faithful application of it to the purposes for which it is raised. The Legislature is the watchful guardian over the public purse. It is its duty to see that the disbursement has been honestly made.
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I regret that I should leave this world without again beholding him.
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During the darkest days of the Revolutionary War, the Continental Congress and George Washington - I call him the first George W. - (laughter and applause) - urged citizens to pray and to give thanks and to ask for God's protection.
James Monroe
The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty.
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History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war.
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Peace is the best time for improvement and preparation of every kind it is in peace that our commerce flourishes most, that taxes are most easily paid, and that the revenue is most productive.
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