Special Message
08/03/1790
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Government is not reason, it is not eloquence—it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never ...
I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
The best and noblest form of government is that which is founded on the will of the people.
Those who have been blessed with the privileges of education should be the guardians of those privileges for the benefit...