Political Quotes

Should another war occur before it is completed, the experience of the last marks in characters too strong to be mistaken its inevitable consequences; and should such war occur and find us unprepared for it, what will be our justification to the enlightened body whom we represent for not having completed these defenses?

As soon as the movement assumed such a steady and consistent form as to make the success of the Provinces probable, the rights to which they were entitled by the law of nations as equal parties to a civil war were extended to them.

I herewith transmit to that House a report from the Secretary of State, containing the information called for.

It is on the authority of these examples, supported by the construction which I gave to the law, that I have acted in the discharge of this high trust.