James Monroe said...

The revolutionary movement in the Spanish Provinces in this hemisphere attracted the attention and excited the sympathy ...

In executing this law I had no personal object to accomplish or feeling to gratify--no one to retain, no one to remove.

Sensible of what I owed to my country, I felt strongly the obligation of observing the utmost impartiality in selecting ...

In executing this very delicate and important trust I acted with the utmost precaution.