Veto Message
04/04/1792
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The necessity of reciprocal checks in the exercise of political power, by dividing and distributing it into different de...
A nation is only as strong as its moral character.
To such men I shall cheerfully yield the palm of genius and talents to serve our common country.
None can serve it with purer intentions than I have done or with a more disinterested zeal.