Message in Reply to the Senate
11/21/1794
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I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.
It is impossible to rightly govern a nation without God and the Bible.
Nothing is more important than preserving the freedom and rights of individuals.
I hope that I shall possess firmness and virtue enough to maintain what I consider the most enviable of all titles, the ...