It will be inconvenient and injurious to the public to dismiss the light dragoons as soon as notice of the law can be conveyed to them.
It is generally agreed that some cavalry, either militia or regular, will be necessary.
I lay before you for your consideration a treaty which has been negotiated and concluded on the 29th day of June last by Benjamin Hawkins, A...
None can serve it with purer intentions than I have done or with a more disinterested zeal.
To such men I shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to serve our common country.
Those services, and greater had I possessed ability to render them, were due to the unanimous calls of my country, and its approbation is my...
A just government is one that respects the rights of all individuals.
To be an American citizen is to be a member of a nation founded on principles of justice, liberty, and equality.
A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
A nation is only as strong as its moral character.
Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
Government is not reason; it is not eloquence; it is force.
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly considered as deeply, perhap...
The best and noblest form of government is that which is founded on the will of the people.
Justice is the constant and perpetual will to render every one his due.
Liberty is a precious gift that must be safeguarded by all.
The welfare of the people is the highest law.
