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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.

James Monroe

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James Monroe
Age: 73 †
Born: 1758
Born: April 28
Died: 1831
Died: July 4
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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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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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The civil war which has so long prevailed between Spain and the Provinces in South America still continues, without any prospect of its speedy termination.
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The emigrants although of different parties and different religious sects all flew from persecution in pursuit of liberty.
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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.
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From several of the Indian tribes inhabiting the country bordering on Lake Erie purchases have been made of lands on conditions very favorable to the United States, and, as it is presumed, not less so to the tribes themselves.
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I regret that I should leave this world without again beholding him.
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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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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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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.
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A little flattery will support a man through great fatigue.
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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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We must support our rights or lose our character, and with it, perhaps, our liberties.
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The mention of Greece fills the mind with the most exalted sentiments and arouses in our bosoms the best feelings of which our nature is capable.
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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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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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History has shown that at least one-half of every century is consumed in war.
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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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In a representative republic, the education of our children must be of the utmost importance!
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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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