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A king without power is an absurdity.

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It is only when the people become ignorant and corrupt, when they degenerate into a populace, that they are incapable of exercising their sovereignty.

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The best form of government is that which is most likely to prevent the greatest sum of evil.

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Our country may be likened to a new house. We lack many things, but we possess the most precious of all - liberty!

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If we look to the history of other nations, ancient or modern, we find no example of a growth so rapid, so gigantic, of a people so prosperous and happy.

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National honor is the national property of the highest value.

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It was by one Union that we achieved our independence and liberties, and by it alone can they be maintained.

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I have great satisfaction in stating that our relations with France, Russia, and other powers continue on the most friendly basis.

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At no period of our political existence had we so much cause to felicitate ourselves at the prosperous and happy condition of our country.

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Preparation for war is a constant stimulus to suspicion and ill will.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: President

Born: April 28th, 1758

Died: July 4th, 1831

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