Letter to John Jay
07/15/1795
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The nation which indulges towards another a habitual hatred or a habitual fondness is in some degree a slave.
Good government is built on the principles of justice and equality.
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
Guard against the impostures of pretended patriotism.