On the recordMarch 3, 1799
True patriotism is not just a feeling but a commitment to the well-being of our country.
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Letter to the Bishops of the Episcopal Church
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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 abundant reward.
Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
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