Veto Message
02/27/1797
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Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
An educated citizenry is a vital requisite for our survival as a free people.
Satisfied, therefore, that you have sincerely wished and endeavored to avert war, and exhausted to the last drop the cup...