Message in Reply to the Senate
12/11/1796
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Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.
A government that governs least is best.
Government is not reason, it is not eloquence—it is force; like fire, a troublesome servant and a fearful master. Never ...
Liberty is the birthright of every human being.