Special Message
01/29/1794
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Good governance demands the exercise of wisdom, patience, and courage.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence—it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never ...
Respect for the law is essential for the preservation of liberty.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.