Special Message
03/28/1796
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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 i...
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.
Each citizen must contribute to the common defense, which is the foundation of our security.
The preservation of the sacred fire of liberty and the destiny of the republican model of government are justly consider...