The people must be vigilant and alert to maintain their freedom.

Observe good faith and justice towards all nations. Cultivate peace and harmony with all.

An informed electorate is the cornerstone of a republic.

Those who are well informed about their rights and duties make the best citizens.

Happiness and moral duty are inseparably connected.

Equality before the law is the foundation of justice.

To be an American citizen is to be a member of a nation founded on principles of justice, liberty, and equality.

I anticipate with pleasing expectation that retreat in which I promise myself to realize, without alloy, the sweet enjoyment of partaking, in the midst of my fellow citizens, the benign influence of good Laws under a free Government.

The strength of our nation lies in the unity of its people.

Let us never forget that government is not reason, it is not eloquence, it is force.

A government that is of the people, by the people, and for the people is the best form of government.

A nation that does not respect the rights of its citizens cannot be considered just.

The extraordinary expenses to be incurred in the present year in supporting our foreign intercourse I find will require a provision beyond the ordinary appropriation and the additional $20,000 already granted.

The measures now in operation for taking possession of the posts of Detroit and Michilimackinac render it proper that provision should be made for extending to these places and any others alike circumstanced the civil authority of the…

I lay before you, for your consideration and advice, an explanatory article proposed to be added to the treaty of amity, commerce, and navigation between the United States and Great Britain.

I now nominate Jeremiah Wadsworth to be a commissioner to hold a treaty with the Cohnawaga Indians.

Herewith I lay before you a letter from the Attorney-General of the United States, relative to compensation to the attorneys of the United States in the several districts, which is recommended to your consideration.

admission as a State, by its Delegates, into the Congress of the United States, on an equal footing with the original States in all respects whatever

the right of forming a permanent constitution and State government

I nominate as commissioners on the part of the United States.

It is thus that the treaty-making power has been understood by foreign nations.

I trust that no part of my conduct has ever indicated a disposition to withhold any information which the Constitution has enjoined upon the President as a duty to give.

The nature of foreign negotiations requires caution, and their success must often depend on secrecy.

It is perfectly clear to my understanding that the assent of the House of Representatives is not necessary to the validity of a treaty.

It is a fact declared by the General Convention and universally understood that the Constitution of the United States was the result of a spirit of amity and mutual concession.