Letter to John Jay
07/15/1795
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Government must be responsive to the needs and wishes of its people.
I hope I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the chara...
Observe good faith and justice towards all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different de...