Message in Reply to the Senate
11/21/1794
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A people who mean to be their own governors must arm themselves with the power which knowledge gives.
I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoy...
A nation is only as strong as its moral character.
I hope that I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the ...