James Monroe actually said...

It is the obvious import of the law that none of the persons thus taken should remain within the United States, and no place other than the coast of Africa being designated, their removal or delivery, whether carried from the United States or landed immediately from the vessels in which they were taken, was supposed to be confined to that coast.

12/16/1819

https://www.presidency.ucsb.edu...

More James Monroe Quotes

"Such was the basis of our system as established by the act of 1815 and such its true character."
"From the intrinsic difficulty of executing laws deriving their origin from different sources, and so essentially different in many important circumstances, the advantage, and indeed the necessity, of ..."
"Peace and amity are preserved with all by a strict observance on both sides of the rights of each."
"The conduct of this Government has in every instance been conciliatory and friendly to France."

View All James Monroe Quotes