On the recordNovember 18, 1794
It has demonstrated that our prosperity rests on solid foundations.
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Sixth Annual Address to Congress
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Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
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.
Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavored to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup of reconciliation, we can with pure hearts appeal to Heaven for the justice of our cause.
The foundation of our national policy will be laid on the solid basis of the people's will.