Special Message
02/17/1791
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Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
I hope that I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the ...
A nation that does not respect the rights of its citizens cannot be considered just.
The strength of a nation lies in the unity and integrity of its people.