Veto Message
02/27/1797
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I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the chara...
Freedom is the right to do anything that does not infringe upon the rights of others.
Those who are well informed about their rights and duties make the best citizens.
The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.