It is with peculiar satisfaction I can say, that prompted by a high sense of duty in my attendance on public worship, I ...
Under these circumstances, to discharge the dragoons does not seem to comport with economy.
If the bill passes into a law, the two companies of light dragoons will be from that moment legally out of service.
It will be inconvenient and injurious to the public to dismiss the light dragoons as soon as notice of the law can be co...
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...
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 i...
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 consider...
The best and noblest form of government is that which is founded on the will of the people.
