Special Message
01/28/1796
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Justice is the constant and perpetual will to render every one his due.
An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence—it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never ...
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.