A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
To be an American citizen is to be a member of a nation founded on principles of justice, liberty, and equality.
Justice must be the foundation of all government actions.
Good government is built on the principles of justice and equality.
The extraordinary expenses to be incurred in the present year in supporting our foreign intercourse I find will require a provision beyond t...
The measures now in operation for taking possession of the posts of Detroit and Michilimackinac render it proper that provision should be ma...
I lay before you, for your consideration and advice, an explanatory article proposed to be added to the treaty of amity, commerce, and navig...
I now nominate Jeremiah Wadsworth to be a commissioner to hold a treaty with the Cohnawaga Indians.
Herewith I lay before you a letter from the Attorney-General of the United States, relative to compensation to the attorneys of the United S...
the right of forming a permanent constitution and State government
admission as a State, by its Delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States in all respects...
I nominate as commissioners on the part of the United States.
I have ever entertained but one opinion on this subject; and from the first establishment of the Government to this moment my conduct has ex...
The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution, and their success must often depend on secrecy.
I trust that no part of my conduct has ever indicated a disposition to withhold any information which the Constitution has enjoined upon the...
It is perfectly clear to my understanding that the assent of the House of Representatives is not necessary to the validity of a treaty.
It is thus that the treaty-making power has been understood by foreign nations.
It is a fact declared by the General Convention and universally understood that the Constitution of the United States was the result of a sp...
