Message in Reply to the Senate
12/11/1796
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Under these circumstances, to discharge the dragoons does not seem to comport with economy.
Peace, commerce, and honest friendship with all nations; entangling alliances with none.
Observe good faith and justice towards all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.
Arbitrary power is most easily established on the ruins of liberty abused to licentiousness.