"On this first occasion of addressing Congress since, by the choice of my constituents, I have entered on a second term of administration, I embrace the opportunity to give this public assurance that I..."
"In the course of your session you shall receive all the aid which I can give for the dispatch of public business, and all the information necessary for your deliberations, of which the interests of ou..."
"I congratulate you on the liberation of our fellow citizens who were stranded on the coast of Tripoli and made prisoners of war."
"My conscience tells me I have on every occasion acted up to that declaration according to its obvious import and to the understanding of every candid mind."
"We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties."
"The suppression of unnecessary offices, of useless establishments and expenses, enabled us to discontinue our internal taxes."
"What farmer, what mechanic, what laborer ever sees a taxgatherer of the United States?"
"In matters of religion I have considered that its free exercise is placed by the Constitution independent of the powers of the General Government."
"I have therefore undertaken on no occasion to prescribe the religious exercises suited to it, but have left them, as the Constitution found them, under the direction and discipline of the church or st..."
"In all events, it will replace the advances we shall have made."
"I know that the acquisition of Louisiana had been disapproved by some from a candid apprehension that the enlargement of our territory would endanger its union."
"But who can limit the extent to which the federative principle may operate effectively?"