Special Message
03/06/1792
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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
The foundation of our national policy will be laid on the solid basis of the people's will.
A nation that values its freedom must also value its education and its institutions.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence—it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never ...